title: Accurate estimate of the critical exponent nu for self-avoiding walks via a fast implementation of the pivot algorithm.
abstract: We introduce a fast implementation of the pivot algorithm for self-avoiding walks, which we use to obtain large samples of walks on the cubic lattice of up to 33x10{6} steps. Consequently the critical exponent nu for three-dimensional self-avoiding walks is determined to great accuracy; the final estimate is nu=0.587 597(7). The method can be adapted to other models of polymers with short-range interactions, on the lattice or in the continuum.
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. n.clisby@ms.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Clisby