Composite models of polygons

Citation
Ejj. Van Rensburg, Composite models of polygons, J PHYS A, 32(24), 1999, pp. 4351-4372
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
24
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4351 - 4372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(19990618)32:24<4351:CMOP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A composite polygon is composed of a lattice polygon in the square lattice, which contains in its interior an internal structure, which may also be a lattice polygon, or a lattice tree or a lattice animal, or a lattice disc ( or a collection of these). The properties of composite polygons are conside red in this manuscript. In particular, I shall consider the growth constant s and generating functions of these models, as well as the statistical mech anics of interacting models of composite polygons. It is shown that there i s an adsorption transition of the internal structure on the containing poly gon, and a transition which corresponds to the inflation of the containing polygon (by the internal structure).