PATH-INTEGRAL CALCULATION OF THE WRITHE FOR CIRCULAR SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS

Authors
KHOLODENKO AL VILGIS TA
Citation
Al. Kholodenko et Ta. Vilgis, PATH-INTEGRAL CALCULATION OF THE WRITHE FOR CIRCULAR SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general, 29(5), 1996, pp. 939-948
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
939 - 948
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1996)29:5<939:PCOTWF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Earlier obtained numerical and analytical (non-path-integral) results for the writhe of a circular polymer are reproduced exactly employing the available path integral models for the semiflexible chains. It is confirmed analytically that the average writhe scales with the root of the chain length. We also briefly discuss related topological problem s (e.g. knotting of circular polymers), which could be formulated and solved with the use of path integrals.