Second topological moment m^2 of two closed entangled polymers

DOI10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00635-6MaRDI QIDQ2644086zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ignazio Lazzizzera, Franco Ferrari, Hagen Kleinert

Publication date 7 September 2007

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0002049

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Abstract: We calculate the second topological moment < m^2 > of entanglement of two closed polymers $P_1$ and $P_2$ in a solution. The result holds approximately for a closed polymer linked to many others, which may be considered as a single very long effective polymer.

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