Worm-like polymer loops and Fourier knots
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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/30/L04zbMATH Open1099.82522arXivcond-mat/0510805OpenAlexW2142030031MaRDI QIDQ5484447FDOQ5484447
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Publication date: 17 August 2006
Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Every smooth closed curve can be represented by a suitable Fourier sum. We show that the ensemble of curves generated by randomly chosen Fourier coefficients with amplitudes inversely proportional to spatial frequency (with a smooth exponential cutoff), can be accurately mapped on the physical ensemble of worm-like polymer loops. We find that measures of correlation on the scale of the entire loop yield a larger persistence length than that calculated from the tangent-tangent correlation function at small length scales. The conjecture that physical loops exhibit additional rigidity on scales comparable to the entire loop due to the contribution of twist rigidity, can be tested experimentally by determining the persistence length from the local curvature and comparing it with that obtained by measuring the radius of gyration of dsDNA plasmids. The topological properties of the ensemble randomly generated worm-like loops are shown to be similar to that of other polymer models.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510805
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