Title: FIELD-THEORETICAL RENORMALIZATION GROUP ANALYSIS FOR THE SCALING EXPONENTS OF STAR POLYMERS
Author(s): Ch. von Ferber (Theoretische Polymerphysik, Universit\"{a}t Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany), Yu.Holovatch (Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii Str., 79011 Lviv, Ukraine; Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 79005 Lviv, Ukraine)

We review recent results of the field theoretical renormalization group analysis on the scaling properties of star polymers. We give a brief account of how the numerical values of the exponents governing the scaling of star polymers were obtained as well as provide some examples of the phenomena governed by these exponents. In particular we treat the interaction between star polymers in a good solvent, the Brownian motion near absorbing polymers, and diffusion-controlled reactions involving polymers.

Key words: star polymers, star exponents, renormalization group
PACS: 64.60.Ak, 61.41.+e, 64.60.Fr, 11.10.Gh