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Exponents for the excluded volume problem as derived by the Wilson method

Physics Letters APublished 1 February 1972
P. G. de Gennes
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Abstract

By an expansion to second order in ϵ = 4-d, we derive the mean square extension R2 for a random, self excluding walk of N jumps on a d-dimensional lattice. The result is: R2 = const. N1.195(for d = 3).

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Mathematics