Directed polymer in a random medium - an introduction
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
This is a set of introductory lectures on the behaviour of a directed polymer in a random medium. Both the intuitive picture that helps in developing an understanding and systematic approaches for quantitative studies are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0402117,
title = {Directed polymer in a random medium - an introduction},
author = {Somendra M. Bhattacharjee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0402117},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Lecture note, SERC School on "The Physics of Disordered Systems", IMSC, Chennai. 13 pages