ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Brownian motion
;
Rouse chain
;
path integrals
;
perturbation theory
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We study various dynamical properties (winding angles, areas) of a set of harmonically bound Brownian particles (monomers), one endpoint of this chain being kept fixed at the origin 0. In particular, we show that, for long times t, the areas {A i} enclosed by the monomers scale like t 1/2, with correlated gaussian distributions. This has to be compared to the winding angles {θ i} around fixed points that scale like t and are distributed according to independent Cauchy laws.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026433823078
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