Grand canonical simulations of string tension in elastic surface model

H. Koibuchi ()

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2005, vol. 45, issue 3, 377-383

Abstract: We report a numerical evidence that the string tension σ can be viewed as an order parameter of the phase transition, which separates the smooth phase from the crumpled one, in the fluid surface model of Helfrich and Polyakov-Kleinert. The model is defined on spherical surfaces with two fixed vertices of distance L. The string tension σ is calculated by regarding the surface as a string connecting the two points. We find that the phase transition strengthens as L is increased, and that σ vanishes in the crumpled phase and non-vanishes in the smooth phase. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2005

Date: 2005
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