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Localization of polymers in a finite medium with fixed random obstacles

Yadin Y. Goldschmidt, Yohannes Shiferaw

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/0109015

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the conformation statistics of a Gaussian chain embedded in a medium of finite size, in the presence of quenched random obstacles. The similarities and differences between the case of random obstacles and the case of a Gaussian random potential are elucidated. The connection with the density of states of electrons in a metal with random repulsive impurities of finite range is discussed. We also interpret the results obtained in some previous numerical simulations.

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