7 research outputs found
Boundary monomers in the dimer model
The correlation functions of an arbitrary number of boundary monomers in the
system of close-packed dimers on the square lattice are computed exactly in the
scaling limit. The equivalence of the 2n-point correlation functions with those
of a complex free fermion is proved, thereby reinforcing the description of the
monomer-dimer model by a conformal free field theory with central charge c=1.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
Non-Local Finite-Size Effects in the Dimer Model
We study the finite-size corrections of the dimer model on
square lattice with two different boundary conditions: free and periodic. We
find that the finite-size corrections depend in a crucial way on the parity of
, and show that, because of certain non-local features present in the model,
a change of parity of induces a change of boundary condition. Taking a
careful account of this, these unusual finite-size behaviours can be fully
explained in the framework of the logarithmic conformal field theory.Comment: This is a contribution to the Proc. of the O'Raifeartaigh Symposium
on Non-Perturbative and Symmetry Methods in Field Theory (June 2006,
Budapest, Hungary), published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry:
Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA
Scaling of avalanche queues in directed dissipative sandpiles
We simulate queues of activity in a directed sandpile automaton in 1+1
dimensions by adding grains at the top row with driving rate .
The duration of elementary avalanches is exactly described by the distribution
, limited either by the system size or by
dissipation at defects . Recognizing the probability
as a distribution of service time of jobs arriving at a server with frequency
, the model represents a new example of the server
queue in the queue theory. We study numerically and analytically the tail
behavior of the distributions of busy periods and energy dissipated in the
queue and the probability of an infinite queue as a function of driving rate.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures; To appear in Phys. Rev.