Otro
Analysis of Lattice Size, Energy Density and Denaturation for a One-Dimensional DNA Model
Registro en:
World Journal of Mechanics, v. 2, p. 84-89, 2012.
2160-0503
ISSN2160-0503-2012-02-84-89.pdf
3277957413291567
0463028522194095
8481055198903302
Autor
Slade, Gabriel Gouvea
Ribeiro, Natália Favaro
Drigo Filho, Elso
Ruggiero, José Roberto
Resumen
There are several mechanical models to describe the DNA phenomenology. In this work the DNA denaturation is stu- died under thermodynamical and dynamical point of view using the well known Peyrard-Bishop model. The thermody-namics analysis using the transfer integral operator method is briefly reviewed. In particular, the lattice size is discussed and a conjecture about the minimum energy to denaturation is proposed. In terms of the dynamical aspects of the model, the equations of motion for the system are integrated and the results determine the energy density where the denatura- tion occurs. The behavior of the lattice near the phase transition is analyzed. The relation between the thermodynamical and dynamical results is discussed.