Average size of random polygons with fixed knot topology
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We have evaluated by numerical simulation the average size of random polygons of fixed knot topology , and we have confirmed the scaling law for the number of polygonal nodes in a wide range; -- 2200. The best fit gives -- 1.16 with good fitting curves in the whole range of . The estimate of is consistent with the exponent of self-avoiding polygons. In a limited range of (), however, we have another fit with -- 1.07, which is close to the exponent of random polygons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0303481,
title = {Average size of random polygons with fixed knot topology},
author = {Hiroshi Matsuda and Akihisa Yao and Hiroshi Tsukahara and Tetsuo Deguchi and Ko Furuta and Takeo Inami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0303481},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages, 2 figures