{
  "id": "cond-mat/0305026",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2003-05-01T21:03:14.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-05-09T02:40:12.000Z",
  "title": "Topological Constraints at the Theta Point: Closed Loops at Two Loops",
  "authors": [
    "William Kung",
    "Randall D. Kamien"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, RevTeX, typos",
  "journal": "Europhys.Lett.64:323,2003",
  "doi": "10.1209/epl/i2003-00177-6",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.soft",
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We map the problem of self-avoiding random walks in a Theta solvent with a chemical potential for writhe to the three-dimensional symmetric U(N)-Chern-Simons theory as N goes to 0. We find a new scaling regime of topologically constrained polymers, with critical exponents that depend on the chemical potential for writhe, which gives way to a fluctuation-induced first-order transition.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2003-05-09T02:40:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "theta point",
      "closed loops",
      "topological constraints",
      "chemical potential",
      "fluctuation-induced first-order transition"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 618009
    }
  }
}