Statistical mechanics of strings on periodic lattices
- 15 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 49 (8) , 4089-4093
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.49.4089
Abstract
We present a simple model for string statistics on a periodic lattice. We show how the fraction of topological (infinite) string depends on lattice size and compare our results to those of established numerical simulations.Keywords
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