Gaussian polymer chains in a harmonic potential: The path integral approach

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ABB0C2MaRDI QIDQ6347798arXivFDO

Authors G. V. Paradezhenko, C. Gascoigne, Nikolai Brilliantov

Publication date 26 August 2020

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ABB0C2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C41) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

arXiv classification

cond-mat.stat-mechmath.PRphysics.comp-ph

Abstract: We study conformations of the Gaussian polymer chains in d-dimensional space in the presence of an external field with the harmonic potential. We apply a path integral approach to derive an explicit expression for the probability distribution function of the gyration radius. We calculate this function using Monte Carlo simulations and show that our numerical and theoretical results are in a good agreement for different values of the external field.

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