Branched polymers attached in a wedge geometry

The authors use exact enumeration and Monte Carlo techniques to test some recent predictions by Duplantier and Saleur (1986) of the values of the critical exponent gamma for uniform star-branched polymers in a wedge geometry in two dimensions. Results support their predictions. The authors have also estimated the exponent v and amplitude governing the n dependence of the mean square radius of gyration and the mean square end-to-end branch length. In some cases the branches are distinguished and have different mean lengths but the exponent v is equal to the bulk self-avoiding walk value in every case.