SCALING PROPERTIES OF SELF-AVOIDING SURFACES WITH FREE TOPOLOGY

Flexible, randomly triangulated, self-avoiding surfaces are studied by Monte Carlo simulation technique. The surfaces are closed, but handle s can spontaneously be formed or annihilated. The simulations lead to estimates for the exponents relating area, enclosed volume and number of handles to the extension of the surface: d(A) = 1.94, d(V) = 1.96, d(chi) = 2.0. The results obtained suggest that free topology is irrel evant when classifying fluid self-avoiding surfaces in terms of univer sality classes.