A polymer in a multi-interface medium

Citation
Caravenna, Francesco et Pétrélis, Nicolas, A polymer in a multi-interface medium, Annals of applied probability , 19(5), 2009, pp. 1803-1839
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
2009
Pages
1803 - 1839
Database
ACNP
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Abstract
We consider a model for a polymer chain interacting with a sequence of equispaced flat interfaces through a pinning potential. The intensity ... of the pinning interaction is constant, while the interface spacing T=TN is allowed to vary with the size N of the polymer. Our main result is the explicit determination of the scaling behavior of the model in the large N limit, as a function of (TN)N and for fixed .>0. In particular, we show that a transition occurs at TN=O(log.N). Our approach is based on renewal theory.