Pinning of polymers and interfaces by random potentials

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 636-669

  Alexander, Kenneth S ^a   Sidoravicius, Vladas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disorder; Interface; Pinning; Polymer; Random potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746902440     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000015     Document Type: Article

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