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Equality of critical points for polymer depinning transitions with loop exponent one

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Alexander, Kenneth S. and Zygouras, Nikos (2009) Equality of critical points for polymer depinning transitions with loop exponent one. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology. Working papers, Vol.2009 (No.22).

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Abstract

We consider a polymer with configuration modeled by the trajectory
of a Markov chain, interacting with a potential of form u + Vn when it visits a
particular state 0 at time n, with {Vn} representing i.i.d. quenched disorder. There
is a critical value of u above which the polymer is pinned by the potential. A
particular case not covered in a number of previous studies is that of loop exponent
one, in which the probability of an excursion of length n takes the form φ(n)/n for
some slowly varying φ; this includes simple random walk in two dimensions. We
show that in this case, at all temperatures, the critical values of u in the quenched
and annealed models are equal, in contrast to all other loop exponents, for which
these critical values are known to differ at least at low temperatures.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Statistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Polymers -- Mathematical models, Markov processes
Series Name: Working papers
Publisher: University of Warwick. Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology
Place of Publication: Coventry
Official Date: 2009
Dates:
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2009Published
Volume: Vol.2009
Number: No.22
Number of Pages: 10
Institution: University of Warwick
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF)
Grant number: DMS-0405915 (NSF), DMS-0804934 (NSF)

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