Disordered pinning models and copolymers: Beyond annealed bounds

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1569-1587

  Toninelli, Fabio Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Annealed bounds; Copolymers at selective interfaces; Fractional moments; Pinning and wetting models

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949150809     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AAP496     Document Type: Article

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