Finite-temperature and finite-time scaling of the directed polymer free-energy with respect to its geometrical fluctuations

E. AGORITSAS; S. BUSTINGORRY; V. LECOMTE; G. SCHEHR; T. GIAMARCHI

PHYSICAL REVIEW E

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2012 vol. 86 p. 31144 - 31162

1539-3755

We study the fluctuations of the directed polymer in 1+1 dimensions in a Gaussian random environment with a finite correlation length ξ and at finite temperature. We address the correspondence between the geometrical transverse fluctuations of the directed polymer, described by its roughness, and the fluctuations of its free-energy, characterized by its two-point correlator. Analytical arguments are provided in favor of a generic scaling law between those quantities, at finite time, non-vanishing ξ and explicit temperature dependence. Numerical results are in good agreement both for simulations on the discrete directed polymer and on a continuous directed polymer (with short-range correlated disorder). Applications to recent experiments on liquid crystals are discussed.