End-to-end distribution function for dilute polymers

Abstract

We study the end-to-end distribution function for dilute polymers. We present a computation to order $O({ϵ}^2)$, $ϵ=4-d$, and discuss in detail its asymptotic behaviour for small and large distances. The theoretical predictions are compared with Monte Carlo results, finding good agreement.

Comments: 37 pages, LaTeX2e with 3 postscript figures, version to be published in Journal Of Chemical Physics