Entropic tightening of vibrated chains

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Hastings, M B ^a,b   Daya, Z A ^b,c   Ben Naim, E ^a,b   Ecke, R E ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATIVE COLLISIONS; FRICTIONAL FORCES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; TIGHTENING PROCESSES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONOMERS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY;

ENTROPY;

EID: 37649032894     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.025102     Document Type: Article

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