SPECTRUM OF THE LOOP TRANSFER MATRIX ON FINITE LATTICES

Abstract

We consider a model of random surfaces with extrinsic curvature term embedded into 3-D Euclidean lattice Z3. On a 3-D Euclidean lattice it has an equivalent representation in terms of the transfer matrix K(Qi, Qf), which describes the propagation of the loops Q. We study the spectrum of the transfer matrix K(Qi, Qf) on finite-dimensional lattices. The renormalisation group technique is used to investigate the phase structure of the model and its critical behaviour.