Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
Kinetic model for a polymer in one dimension
José Arthur Martins, Jürgen F. Stilck
Abstract
We consider a model for a directed polymer on a one-dimensional lattice of width 2, with attractive interactions between monomers that occupy first-neighbor sites on the lattice and are not consecutive along the chain. We show that this model is equivalent to the one-dimensional Ising model with first- and second-neighbor interactions. We study the kinetic behavior of the model in the region of the phase diagram where the ground state is not frustrated, using a Glauber ansatz for the time evolution of the configurations. In order to decouple the dynamical equations, we use the pair approximation. In this approximation, we show that the dynamical exponent of the model is a function of the ratio between second- and first-neighbor interaction strengths. (c) 1995 The American Physical Society