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Zero temperature limit for (1+1) directed polymers with correlated random potential

Statistical Mechanics 2017-02-01 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

Zero temperature limit in (1+1) directed polymers with finite range correlated random potential is studied. In terms of the standard replica technique it is demonstrated that in this limit the considered system reveals the one-step replica symmetry breaking structure similar to the one which takes place in the Random Energy Model. In particular, it is shown that at the temperature T(uR)1/3T_{*} \sim (u R)^{1/3} (where uu and RR are the strength and the correlation length of the random potential) there is a crossover from the high- to the low-temperature regime. Namely, in the high-temperature regime at T>>TT >> T_{*} the model is equivalent to the one with the δ\delta-correlated potential where the non-universal prefactor of the free energy is proportional to T2/3T^{-2/3}, while at T<<TT << T_{*} this non-universal prefactor saturates at a finite (temperature independent) value.

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@article{arxiv.1610.05887,
  title  = {Zero temperature limit for (1+1) directed polymers with correlated random potential},
  author = {Victor Dotsenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.05887},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages

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