Exponents for the excluded volume problem as derived by the Wilson method

de Gennes, P.G.

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(72)90149-1

Exponents for the excluded volume problem as derived by the Wilson method

P.G. de Gennes
(
- College de France
)

Feb, 1972

2 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.A 38 (1972) 339-340

DOI:

10.1016/0375-9601(72)90149-1

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

By an expansion to second order in ϵ = 4-d, we derive the mean square extension R 2 for a random, self excluding walk of N jumps on a d -dimensional lattice. The result is: R 2 = const. N 1.195 (for d = 3).

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