NPAC Technical Report SCCS-391
The Phase Structure of Strings with Extrinsic Curvature
M. Bowick, P. Coddington, G. Harris, L. Han, E. Marinari
Submitted June 21 1992
Abstract
We examine a model of non-self-avoiding, fluctuating surfaces as a candidate
continuum string theory of surfaces in three dimensions. This model describes
Dynamically Triangulated Random Surfaces embedded in three dimensions with an
extrinsic curvature dependent action. We analyze, using Monte Carlo
simulations,
the dramatic
crossover behaviour of several observables which characterize the geometry
of these surfaces. We then critically discuss whether our observations
are indicative
of a phase transition.