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Smooth muscle cell specific deletion of the PKGIα target RGS2 induces vascular dysfunction and hypertension
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The Statistical Mechanics of Membranes
The fluctuations of two-dimensional extended objects membranes is a rich and
exciting field with many solid results and a wide range of open issues. We
review the distinct universality classes of membranes, determined by the local
order, and the associated phase diagrams. After a discussion of several
physical examples of membranes we turn to the physics of crystalline (or
polymerized) membranes in which the individual monomers are rigidly bound. We
discuss the phase diagram with particular attention to the dependence on the
degree of self-avoidance and anisotropy. In each case we review and discuss
analytic, numerical and experimental predictions of critical exponents and
other key observables. Particular emphasis is given to the results obtained
from the renormalization group epsilon-expansion. The resulting renormalization
group flows and fixed points are illustrated graphically. The full technical
details necessary to perform actual calculations are presented in the
Appendices. We then turn to a discussion of the role of topological defects
whose liberation leads to the hexatic and fluid universality classes. We finish
with conclusions and a discussion of promising open directions for the future.Comment: 75 LaTeX pages, 36 figures. To appear in Physics Reports in the
Proceedings of RG2000, Taxco, 199
Abstracts from the 8th International Conference on cGMP Generators, Effectors and Therapeutic Implications
This work was supported by a restricted research grant of Bayer AG
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