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Phase Transition of Meshwork Models for Spherical Membranes

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We have studied two types of meshwork models by using the canonical Monte Carlo simulation technique. The first meshwork model has elastic junctions, which are composed of vertices, bonds, and triangles, while the second model has rigid junctions, which are hexagonal (or pentagonal) rigid plates. Two-dimensional elasticity is assumed only at the elastic junctions in the first model, and no two-dimensional bending elasticity is assumed in the second model. Both of the meshworks are of spherical topology. We find that both models undergo a first-order collapsing transition between the smooth spherical phase and the collapsed phase. The Hausdorff dimension of the smooth phase is H≃2 in both models as expected. It is also found that H≃2 in the collapsed phase of the second model, and that H is relatively larger than 2 in the collapsed phase of the first model, but it remains in the physical bound, i.e., H<3. Moreover, the first model undergoes a discontinuous surface fluctuations transition at the same transition point as that of the collapsing transition, while the second model undergoes a continuous transition of surface fluctuation. This indicates that the phase structure of the meshwork model is weakly dependent on the elasticity at the junctions.

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This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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Koibuchi, H. Phase Transition of Meshwork Models for Spherical Membranes. J Stat Phys 129, 605–621 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-007-9385-y

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