MCRG study of fixed-connectivity surfaces

被引:12
作者
Espriu, D [1 ]
Travesset, A [1 ]
机构
[1] INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, E-08028 BARCELONA, SPAIN
关键词
Monte Carlo renormalization group; random surfaces; crumpling transition;
D O I
10.1016/0550-3213(96)00154-X
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We apply the Monte Carlo Renormalization group to the crumpling transition in random surface models of fixed connectivity. This transition is notoriously difficult to treat numerically. We employ here a Fourier accelerated Langevin algorithm in conjunction with a novel blocking procedure in momentum space which has proven extremely successful in lambda phi(4). We perform two successive renormalizations in lattices with up to 64(2) sites. We obtain a result for the critical exponent nu in general agreement with previous estimates and similar error bars, but with much less computational effort. We also measure with great accuracy eta. As a by-product we are able to determine the fractal dimension d(H) of random surfaces at the crumpling transition.
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页码:514 / 540
页数:27
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