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Copolymer Networks: Multifractal dimension spectra in polymer field theory

Christian von Ferber, Yurij Holovatch

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9705273

Abstract

We explore the rich scaling behavior of copolymer networks in solution. We establish a field theoretic description in terms of composite operators. Our 3rd order resummation of the spectrum of scaling dimensions brings about remarkable features: Convexity of the spectra allows for a multifractal interpretation. This has not been conceived for power of field operators of ϕ4 field theory before. The 2D limit of the mutually avoiding walk star apparently corresponds to results of a conformal Kac series. Such a classification seems not possible for the 2D limit of other copolymer stars. The 3rd order calculation of a large collection of exponents furthermore allows for a consistency check of two complementary schemes: epsilon expansion and renormalization at fixed dimension.

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