NPAC Technical Report SCCS-391
The Phase Structure of Strings with Extrinsic Curvature
Mark Bowick, Paul Coddington, Leping Han, Geoff Harris, Enzo Marinari
June 1992
Published in
String Quantum Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale,
Proc. of the Int. Workshop on Theoretical Physics, Erice, Italy,
June 1992, editor N. Sanchez.
© Copyright World Scientific.
Abstract
We examine a model of non-self-avoiding, fluctuating surfaces as a candidate
continuum string theory of surfaces in three dimensions. This model describes
Dynamically Triangulated Random Surfaces embedded in three dimensions with an
extrinsic curvature dependent action. We analyze, using Monte Carlo
simulations,
the dramatic
crossover behaviour of several observables which characterize the geometry
of these surfaces. We then critically discuss whether our observations
are indicative of a phase transition.
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