We consider directed polymers in 1+1 spatial dimension under action of an external repulsive potential along a line. Using the exact mapping onto imaginary time evolution of free fermions we find that for sufficiently strong potential the system of polymers undergoes a continuous configurational phase transition. The transition corresponds to merging empty regions in the dominant limit shape.
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