Bilocal Dynamics for Self-Avoiding Walks

1999/11/25 by Sergio Caracciolo, Maria Serena Causo, Giovanni Ferraro +2 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Cellular Automata and Applications #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.stat-mech #hep-lat

paper · pdf · doi:10.1023/a:1018719226557

published as J.Statist.Phys. 100 (2000) 1111-1145 · 38 LaTeX2e pages with 9 postscript figures

arxiv created 1999/11/25 · openalex publication_date 2000/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We introduce several bilocal algorithms for lattice self-avoiding walks that provide reasonable models for the physical kinetics of polymers in the absence of hydrodynamic effects. We discuss their ergodicity in different confined geometries, for instance in strips and in slabs. A short discussion of the dynamical properties in the absence of interactions is given.

Citations

• Nonergodicity of local, length-conserving Monte Carlo algorithms for the self-avoiding walk
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• Monte Carlo SImulation of Polymers: Coarse-Grained Models

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