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Relation between a Screened Polyelectrolyte and a Field Theory

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Bo Soderberg (Dept. of Theoretical Physics, Lund Univ.)

chem-ph · Submitted 27 Aug 1996

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The authors' main claim This is particularly useful in a perturbative treatment: perturbative expansions for the polyelectrolyte can be simply derived from the loop expansion for the related field-theoretical two-point function, for which established computational methods exist.

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CitationBo Soderberg (Dept. of Theoretical Physics, Lund Univ.). "Relation between a Screened Polyelectrolyte and a Field Theory." arXiv:chem-ph/9608004 (1996). https://pith.science/paper/HYKHST5S
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There exists a generic relationship between the thermodynamics of a continuous polymer with a generic self-interaction and the two-point function of an interacting field-theory. In addition, the (2N)-point function of the resulting field theory is similarly related to a system of N interacting polymers. In the present paper, this relation is explored for the special case of a polyelectrolyte, characterized by a screened Coulomb pair potential. The corresponding field theory can be recast in a particularly simple form, corresponding to a quantum-mechanical particle, self-interacting via the emission and absorption of a massive scalar field. This is particularly useful in a perturbative treatment: perturbative expansions for the polyelectrolyte can be simply derived from the loop expansion for the related field-theoretical two-point function, for which established computational methods exist.

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s0 There exists a generic relationship between the thermodynamics of a continuous polymer with a generic self-interaction and the two-point function of an interacting field-theory. background 0.92 0.21 0.22 asserted 1.00
s1 In addition, the (2N)-point function of the resulting field theory is similarly related to a system of N interacting polymers. background 0.88 0.25 0.09 asserted 1.00
s2 In the present paper, this relation is explored for the special case of a polyelectrolyte, characterized by a screened Coulomb pair potential. contribution 0.92 0.62 0.08 asserted 0.98
s3 The corresponding field theory can be recast in a particularly simple form, corresponding to a quantum-mechanical particle, self-interacting via the emission and absorption of a massive scalar field. result 0.75 0.74 0.21 asserted 1.00
s4 This is particularly useful in a perturbative treatment: perturbative expansions for the polyelectrolyte can be simply derived from the loop expansion for the related field-theoretical two-point function, for which established computational methods exist. interpretation 0.81 0.56 0.30 asserted 0.91

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There exists a generic relationship between the thermodynamics of a continuous polymer with a generic self-interaction and the two-point function of an interacting field-theory. In addition, the (2N)-point function of the resulting field theory is similarly related to a system of N interacting polymers. In the present paper, this relation is explored for the special case of a polyelectrolyte, characterized by a screened Coulomb pair potential. The corresponding field theory can be recast in a particularly simple form, corresponding to a quantum-mechanical particle, self-interacting via the emission and absorption of a massive scalar field. This is particularly useful in a perturbative treatment: perturbative expansions for the polyelectrolyte can be simply derived from the loop expansion for the related field-theoretical two-point function, for which established computational methods exist.

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