DOI: 10.1051/jp1:1995153
J. Phys. I France 5 (1995) 597-606
Simulations of
-Polymers in 2 Dimensions
Peter Grassberger and Rainer Hegger Physics Department, University of Wuppertal, 42097 Wuppertal, Germany
(Received 7 March 1994, revised 7 December 1994, accepted 18 January 1995)
Abstract
Using a new recursive sampling algorithm, we present simulation results for single 2D chain polymers
near and below the
-point. They involve much longer chains than previous simulations (high
statistics for chain lengths up to 2048, a few chains having even 40,000 monomers). Good agreement
is found with the exponents derived by Duplantier and Saleur, in contrast to previous Monte Carlo
simulations. No indication is found for a two-step collapse, as suggested recently by Orlandini
et al
., or for an alternative set of critical indices derived by Warnaar et al. Instead, we
find evidence for a surface term in the free energy, as proposed by Owczarek et al.
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