High precision Monte Carlo test of the conformal invariance predictions for two-dimensional mutually avoiding walks

1990
26 pages
Published in:
  • J.Statist.Phys. 61 (1990) 723-748

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Abstract: (Springer)
Let ζl be the critical exponent associated with the probability thatl independentN-step ordinary random walks, starting at nearby points, are mutually avoiding. Using Monte Carlo methods combined with a maximum-likelihood data analysis, we find that in two dimensions ζ2=0.6240±0.0005±0.0011 and ζ3=1.4575±0.0030±0.0052, where the first error bar represents systematic error due to corrections to scaling (subjective 95% confidence limits) and the second error bar represents statistical error (classical 95% confidence limits). These results are in good agreement with the conformal-invariance predictions ζ2=5/8 and ζ3=35/24.