Self-similar but not conformally invariant traces obtained by modified Loewner forces

Abstract

The two-dimensional Loewner exploration process is generalized to the case where the random force is self-similar with positively correlated increments. We model this random force by a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst exponent $H\ge \frac{1}{2}\equiv H_{\text{BM}}$, where $H_{\text{BM}}$ stands for the one-dimensional Brownian motion. By manipulating the deterministic force, we design a scale-invariant equation describing self-similar traces which lack conformal invariance. The model is investigated in terms of the "input diffusivity parameter" $\kappa$, which coincides with the one of the ordinary Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) at $H=H_{\text{BM}}$. In our numerical investigation, we focus on the scaling properties of the traces generated for $\kappa =2,3$, $\kappa =4$ and $\kappa =6,8$ as the representatives, respectively, of the dilute phase, the transition point and the dense phase of the ordinary SLE. The resulting traces are shown to be scale-invariant. Using two equivalent schemes, we extract the fractal dimension, $D_f(H)$, of the traces which decrease monotonically with increasing $H$, reaching $D_f=1$ at $H=1$ for all $\kappa$ values. The left passage probability (LPP) test demonstrates that, for $H$ values not far from the uncorrelated case (small ${\epsilon }_H\equiv \frac{H-H_{\text{BM}}}{H_{\text{BM}}}$) the prediction of the ordinary SLE is applicable with an effective diffusivity parameter ${\kappa }_{\text{eff}}$. Not surprisingly, the ${\kappa }_{\text{eff}}$'s do not fulfill the prediction of SLE for the relation between $D_f(H)$ and the diffusivity parameter.

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