Critical behavior of loops and biconnected clusters on fractals of dimension d < 2

Details Critical behavior of loops and biconnected clusters on fractals of dimension d < 2 Critical behavior of loops and biconnected clusters on fractals of dimension d < 2

2008-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/0809.1490v1

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 (2008) 485001.

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

14 pages,10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/41/48/485001

We solve the O(n) model, defined in terms of self- and mutually avoiding loops coexisting with voids, on a 3-simplex fractal lattice, using an exact real space renormalization group technique. As the density of voids is decreased, the model shows a critical point, and for even lower densities of voids, there is a dense phase showing power-law correlations, with critical exponents that depend on n, but are independent of density. At n=-2 on the dilute branch, a trivalent vertex defect acts as a marginal perturbation. We define a model of biconnected clusters which allows for a finite density of such vertices. As n is varied, we get a line of critical points of this generalized model, emanating from the point of marginality in the original loop model. We also study another perturbation of adding local bending rigidity to the loop model, and find that it does not affect the universality class.

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