Craig, A.; Terentjev, E.M.; Edwards, S.F. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 384 (2007) 2, pp. 150-164
This work re-examines the classical problem of polymer collapse in a random system, using a Gaussian variational formalism to treat the “poor solvent” case. In particular we seek to clarify some of the disputed questions related to symmetry breaking between the replicas used to analyze such...