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Critical Behaviour in a Planar Dynamical Triangulation Model with a Boundary

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-12-07 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider a canonical ensemble of dynamical triangulations of a 2-dimensional sphere with a hole where the number NN of triangles is fixed. The Gibbs factor is exp(μdegv)\exp (-\mu \sum \deg v) where degv\deg v is the degree of the vertex vv in the triangulation TT. Rigorous proof is presented that the free energy has one singularity, and the behaviour of the length mm of the boundary undergoes 3 phases: subcritical m=O(1)m=O(1), supercritical (elongated) with mm of order NN and critical with m=O(N)m=O(\sqrt{N}). In the critical point the distribution of mm strongly depends on whether the boundary is provided with the coordinate system or not. In the first case mm is of order N\sqrt{N}, in the second case mm can have order NαN^{\alpha} for any 0<α<1/20<\alpha <{1/2}.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0010008,
  title  = {Critical Behaviour in a Planar Dynamical Triangulation Model with a Boundary},
  author = {V. A. Malyshev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0010008},
  year   = {2011}
}

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5 pages

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