Absence of mass gap for a class of stochastic contour models.

DOI10.1007/BF01014892zbMath1086.60522OpenAlexW1978126283WikidataQ56893772 ScholiaQ56893772MaRDI QIDQ1963676

Alan D. Sokal, Lawrence E. Thomas

Publication date: 2 February 2000

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01014892

zbMATH Keywords

Monte CarloMarkov processMarkov chainGlauber dynamicsself-avoiding walkdynamic critical phenomena

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J27)

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