Thermodynamic instabilities in one dimension: Correlations, scaling and solitons

DOI10.1023/A:1014546415934MaRDI QIDQ1609879zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Thierry Dauxois, Nikos Theodorakopoulos, Michel Peyrard

Publication date 18 August 2002

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105341

zbMATH Keywords

domain wall1D modelthermodynamic instabilities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interface problems; diffusion-limited aggregation arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B24) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27)

Abstract: Many thermodynamic instabilities in one dimension (e.g. DNA thermal denaturation, wetting of interfaces) can be described in terms of simple models involving harmonic coupling between nearest neighbors and an asymmetric on-site potential with a repulsive core, a stable minimum and a flat top. The paper deals with the case of the Morse on-site potential, which can be treated exactly in the continuum limit. Analytical expressions for correlation functions are derived; they are shown to obey scaling; numerical transfer-integral values obtained for a discrete version of the model exhibit the same critical behavior. Furthermore, it is shown in detail that the onset of the transition can be characterized by an entropic stabilization of an -otherwise unstable-, nonlinear field configuration, a soliton-like domain wall (DW) with macroscopic energy content. The statistical mechanics of the DW provides an exact estimate of the critical temperature for a wide range of the discretization parameter; this suggests that the transition can be accurately viewed as being "driven" by a nonlinear entity.

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