The persistence length of two dimensional self avoiding random walks
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
The decay of directional correlations in self-avoiding random walks on the square lattice is investigated. Analysis of exact enumerations and Monte Carlo data suggest that the correlation between the directions of the first step and the j-th step of the walk decays faster than 1/j, indicating that the persistence length of the walk is finite.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0211465,
title = {The persistence length of two dimensional self avoiding random walks},
author = {E. Eisenberg and A. Baram},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0211465},
year = {2009}
}