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Freezing of Triangulations

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

Zero temperature dynamics of two dimensional triangulations of a torus with curvature energy is described. Numerical simulations strongly suggest that the model get frozen in metastable states, made of topological defects on flat surfaces, that group into clusters of same topological charge. It is conjectured that freezing is related to high temperature structure of baby universes.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311073,
  title  = {Freezing of Triangulations},
  author = {J-P. Kownacki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311073},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

17 pages, 15 figures. 1 section added on connections between present work and inherent structures ideas; 1 paragraph added in the conclusion; 1 figure added; published version