Phase transition of triangulated spherical surfaces supported by elastic chains with rigid junctions
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
A surface model with skeletons is investigated by using the canonical Monte Carlo simulations. The skeleton is composed of linear chains, which are joined to each other at the rigid junctions. A one-dimensional bending energy is defined on the linear chains, and no two-dimensional curvature energy is assumed on the surface. The model undergoes a first-order transition between the smooth phase and the crumpled phase. We conclude that the first-order transition of the surface model with skeletons is independent of whether the junctions are elastic or rigid.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0607508,
title = {Phase transition of triangulated spherical surfaces supported by elastic chains with rigid junctions},
author = {T. Endo and M. Egashira and S. Obata and H. Koibuchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0607508},
year = {2007}
}
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17 pages with 9 figures