Copolymer at selective interfaces and pinning potentials : weak coupling limits

Nicolas Petrelis

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques (2009)

  • Volume: 45, Issue: 1, page 175-200
  • ISSN: 0246-0203

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We consider a simple random walk of length N, denoted by (Si)i∈{1, …, N}, and we define (wi)i≥1 a sequence of centered i.i.d. random variables. For K∈ℕ we define ((γi−K, …, γiK))i≥1 an i.i.d sequence of random vectors. We set β∈ℝ, λ≥0 and h≥0, and transform the measure on the set of random walk trajectories with the hamiltonian λ∑i=1N(wi+h)sign(Si)+β∑j=−KK∑i=1Nγij1{Si=j}. This transformed path measure describes an hydrophobic(philic) copolymer interacting with a layer of width 2K around an interface between oil and water. In the present article we prove the convergence in the limit of weak coupling (when λ, h and β tend to 0) of this discrete model towards its continuous counterpart. To that aim we further develop a technique of coarse graining introduced by Bolthausen and den Hollander in Ann. Probab.25 (1997) 1334–1366. Our result shows, in particular, that the randomness of the pinning around the interface vanishes as the coupling becomes weaker.

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Petrelis, Nicolas. "Copolymer at selective interfaces and pinning potentials : weak coupling limits." Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques 45.1 (2009): 175-200. <http://eudml.org/doc/78014>.

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abstract = {We consider a simple random walk of length N, denoted by (Si)i∈\{1, …, N\}, and we define (wi)i≥1 a sequence of centered i.i.d. random variables. For K∈ℕ we define ((γi−K, …, γiK))i≥1 an i.i.d sequence of random vectors. We set β∈ℝ, λ≥0 and h≥0, and transform the measure on the set of random walk trajectories with the hamiltonian λ∑i=1N(wi+h)sign(Si)+β∑j=−KK∑i=1Nγij1\{Si=j\}. This transformed path measure describes an hydrophobic(philic) copolymer interacting with a layer of width 2K around an interface between oil and water. In the present article we prove the convergence in the limit of weak coupling (when λ, h and β tend to 0) of this discrete model towards its continuous counterpart. To that aim we further develop a technique of coarse graining introduced by Bolthausen and den Hollander in Ann. Probab.25 (1997) 1334–1366. Our result shows, in particular, that the randomness of the pinning around the interface vanishes as the coupling becomes weaker.},
author = {Petrelis, Nicolas},
journal = {Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques},
keywords = {polymers; localization-delocalization transition; pinning; random walk; weak coupling},
language = {eng},
number = {1},
pages = {175-200},
publisher = {Gauthier-Villars},
title = {Copolymer at selective interfaces and pinning potentials : weak coupling limits},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/78014},
volume = {45},
year = {2009},
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TI - Copolymer at selective interfaces and pinning potentials : weak coupling limits
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PB - Gauthier-Villars
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AB - We consider a simple random walk of length N, denoted by (Si)i∈{1, …, N}, and we define (wi)i≥1 a sequence of centered i.i.d. random variables. For K∈ℕ we define ((γi−K, …, γiK))i≥1 an i.i.d sequence of random vectors. We set β∈ℝ, λ≥0 and h≥0, and transform the measure on the set of random walk trajectories with the hamiltonian λ∑i=1N(wi+h)sign(Si)+β∑j=−KK∑i=1Nγij1{Si=j}. This transformed path measure describes an hydrophobic(philic) copolymer interacting with a layer of width 2K around an interface between oil and water. In the present article we prove the convergence in the limit of weak coupling (when λ, h and β tend to 0) of this discrete model towards its continuous counterpart. To that aim we further develop a technique of coarse graining introduced by Bolthausen and den Hollander in Ann. Probab.25 (1997) 1334–1366. Our result shows, in particular, that the randomness of the pinning around the interface vanishes as the coupling becomes weaker.
LA - eng
KW - polymers; localization-delocalization transition; pinning; random walk; weak coupling
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