The crossing probability for directed polymers in random media
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2016-05-03 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We study the probability that two directed polymers in the same random potential do not intersect. We use the replica method to map the problem onto the attractive Lieb-Liniger model with generalized statistics between particles. We obtain analytical expressions for the first few moments of this probability, and compare them to a numerical simulation of a discrete model at high-temperature. From these observations, several large time properties of the non-crossing probabilities are conjectured. Extensions of our formalism to more general observables are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1505.04802,
title = {The crossing probability for directed polymers in random media},
author = {Andrea De Luca and Pierre Le Doussal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.04802},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
5 pages + 16 pages of supplemental material (Minor misprints corrected, references added)