Dynamics of two topologically entangled chains

DOI10.1063/1.3574356zbMATH Open1316.81081arXiv1103.3359OpenAlexW1965590382MaRDI QIDQ5263572FDOQ5263572

Thomas A. Vilgis, Jarosław Paturej, Franco Ferrari, Marcin Piątek

Publication date: 17 July 2015

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

Abstract: Starting from a given topological invariant, we argue that it is possible to construct a topological field theory with a finite number of Feynman diagrams and an amplitude of gauge invariant objects that is a function of that invariant. This is for example the case of the Gauss linking number and of the abelian BF models which has been already successfully applied in the statistical mechanics of polymers. In this work it is shown that a suitable generalization of the BF model can be applied also to polymer dynamics, where the polymer trajectories are not static, but change their shape during time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.3359

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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Cited In (5)

• Field theory of \(N\) entangled polymers
• The direct link model for polymer rings using topological field theory and the second topological moment in dense systems.
• Gauge theory of topological entanglements. II: A. pair of fluctuating chains.
• Topological adiabatic dynamics in classical mass-spring chains with clamps
• Knots, links, anyons and statistical mechanics of entangled polymer rings

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