Conformal Invariance and Stochastic Loewner Evolution Predictions for the 2D Self-Avoiding Walk - Monte Carlo Tests
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Simulations of the self-avoiding walk (SAW) are performed in a half-plane and a cutplane (the complex plane with the positive real axis removed) using the pivot algorithm. We test the conjecture of Lawler, Schramm and Werner that the scaling limit of the two-dimensional SAW is given by Schramm’s Stochastic Loewner Evolution (SLE). The agreement is found to be excellent. The simulations also test the conformal invariance of the SAW since conformal invariance would imply that if we map the walks in the cutplane into the half plane using the conformal map z → √z, then the resulting walks will have the same distribution as the SAW in the half plane. The simulations show excellent agreement between the distributions.
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