Directed polymers in a random environment: Some results on fluctuations

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 581-603

  Piza, M S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed polymers; Free energy; Random environment; Scaling relations; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000842131     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765537     Document Type: Article

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