DIRECTED POLYMER MELTS AND QUANTUM CRITICAL PHENOMENA

被引:18
作者
KAMIEN, RD [1 ]
NELSON, DR [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,LYMAN LAB PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
关键词
QUANTUM CRITICAL PHENOMENA; DIRECTED POLYMERS; CRITICAL MIXING; PHASE TRANSITIONS;
D O I
10.1007/BF01048086
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The statistical mechanics of directed linelike objects, such as directed polymers in an external field, strands of dipoles in both ferro- and electrorheological fluids, and flux lines in high-T(C) superconductors, bears a close resemblance to the quantum mechanics of bosons in 2 + 1 dimensions. We show that single-component and binary mixture critical phenomena in these systems are in the universality class of three-dimensional uniaxial dipolar ferromagnets and ferroelectrics. Our results also apply to films of two superfluid species undergoing phase separation well below their lambda-points near T = 0. In the case of directed polymers and electrorheological fluids we analyze the effects of free ends occurring in the sample as well as a novel directionally-dependent compressibility.
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页数:28
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