Topological origin of the phase transition in a model of DNA denaturation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Grinza, Paolo ^a   Mossa, Alessandro ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DNA; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN GLASS; TOPOLOGY; TUNING;

DNA DENATURATION; ELASTIC TRANSVERSE FORCE; PEYRARD BISHOP MODEL; RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRIZATION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 85088490282     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.158102     Document Type: Article

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