Path integral calculation of the writhe for circular semiflexible polymers

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/29/5/010zbMATH Open0920.60080OpenAlexW2035116158MaRDI QIDQ4227685FDOQ4227685

Authors: Thomas A. Vilgis, Arkady L. Kholodenko 

Publication date: 26 April 1999

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/29/5/010

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zbMATH Keywords

circular polymerpath integral models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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• Path-integral theory of an axially confined worm-like chain
• Perturbation theory for path integrals of stiff polymers
• Writhe induced phase transition in unknotted self-avoiding polygons

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