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Transfer matrix solution of the Wako-Sait\^o-Mu\~noz-Eaton model augmented by arbitrary short range interactions
The Wako-Sait{\^o}-Mu\~noz-Eaton (WSME) model, initially introduced in the
theory of protein folding, has also been used in modeling the RNA folding and
some epitaxial phenomena. The advantage of this model is that it admits exact
solution in the general inhomogeneous case (Bruscolini and Pelizzola, 2002)
which facilitates the study of realistic systems. However, a shortcoming of the
model is that it accounts only for interactions within continuous stretches of
native bonds or atomic chains while neglecting interstretch (interchain)
interactions. But due to the biopolymer (atomic chain) flexibility, the
monomers (atoms) separated by several non-native bonds along the sequence can
become closely spaced. This produces their strong interaction. The inclusion of
non-WSME interactions into the model makes the model more realistic and
improves its performance. In this study we add arbitrary interactions of finite
range and solve the new model by means of the transfer matrix technique. We can
therefore exactly account for the interactions which in proteomics are
classified as medium- and moderately long-range ones.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
Nonlinear Two-Dimensional Green's Function in Smectics
The problem of the strain of smectics subjected to a force distributed over a
line in the basal plane has been solved
Magnetic double refraction in piezoelectrics
A new type of magneto-optical effect in piezoelectrics is predicted. A low
frequency behavior of Faraday effect is found.Comment: 2 pages, to be published in Europhys. Lett
Absence of the Transition into Abrikosov Vortex State of Two-Dimensional Type-II Superconductor with Weak Pinning
The resistive properties of thin amorphous NbO_{x} films with weak pinning
were investigated experimentally above and below the second critical field
H_{c2}. As opposed to bulk type II superconductors with weak pinning where a
sharp change of resistive properties at the transition into the Abrikosov state
is observed at H_{c4}, some percent below H_{c2} (V.A.Marchenko and
A.V.Nikulov, 1981), no qualitative change of resistive properties is observed
down to a very low magnetic field, H_{c4} < 0.006 H_{c2}, in thin films with
weak pinning. The smooth dependencies of the resistivity observed in these
films can be described by paraconductivity theory both above and below H_{c2}.
This means that the fluctuation superconducting state without phase coherence
remains appreciably below H_{c2} in the two-dimensional superconductor with
weak pinning. The difference the H_{c4}/H_{c2} values, i.e. position of the
transition into the Abrikosov state, in three- and two-dimensional
superconductors conforms to the Maki-Takayama result 1971 year according to
which the Abrikosov solution 1957 year is valid only for a superconductor with
finite dimensions. Because of the fluctuation this solution obtained in the
mean field approximation is not valid in a relatively narrow region below
H_{c2} for bulk superconductors with real dimensions and much below H_{c2} for
thin films with real dimensions. The superconducting state without phase
coherence should not be identified with the mythical vortex liquid because the
vortex, as a singularity in superconducting state with phase coherence, can not
exist without phase coherence.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Title Stabilization of Membrane Pores by Packing
We present a model for pore stabilization in membranes without surface
tension. Whereas an isolated pore is always unstable (since it either shrinks
tending to re-seal or grows without bound til to membrane disintegration), it
is shown that excluded volume interactions in a system of many pores can
stabilize individual pores of a given size in a certain range of model
parameters. For such a multipore membrane system, the distribution of pore size
and associated pore lifetime are calculated within the mean field
approximation. We predict that, above certain temperature when the effective
line tension becomes negative, the membrane exhibits a dynamic sieve-like
porous structure.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
The alpha-dependence of transition frequencies for some ions of Ti, Mn, Na, C, and O, and the search for variation of the fine structure constant
We use the relativistic Hartree-Fock method, many-body perturbation theory
and configuration-interaction method to calculate the dependence of atomic
transition frequencies on the fine structure constant, alpha. The results of
these calculations will be used in the search for variation of the fine
structure constant in quasar absorption spectra.Comment: 4 pages, 5 table
On a systematic approach to defects in classical integrable field theories
We present an inverse scattering approach to defects in classical integrable
field theories. Integrability is proved systematically by constructing the
generating function of the infinite set of modified integrals of motion. The
contribution of the defect to all orders is explicitely identified in terms of
a defect matrix. The underlying geometric picture is that those defects
correspond to Backlund transformations localized at a given point. A
classification of defect matrices as well as the corresponding defect
conditions is performed. The method is applied to a collection of well-known
integrable models and previous results are recovered (and extended) directly as
special cases. Finally, a brief discussion of the classical -matrix approach
in this context shows the relation to inhomogeneous lattice models and the need
to resort to lattice regularizations of integrable field theories with defects.Comment: 27 pages, no figures. Final version accepted for publication.
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Параметры эффекта памяти формы в сплавах на основе TiNi с серебром
Статья представляет исследования влияния добавки серебра с разной концентрацией до 1,5 ат.% на сплавы на основе TiNi. Построены температурные зависимости накопления и возврата деформации при многократном эффекте памяти формы (ЭПФ) сплавов (TiNiMoFe)Ag и определены параметры ЭПФ (температуры начала и конца накопления и возврата деформации, остаточная и обратимая деформации, ширина петли гистерезиса). Показано, что увеличение концентрации серебра приводит к росту ширины петли гистерезиса и величины обратимой деформации. Изменение состава в В2 структуре приводит к смещению характеристических температур превращения исследуемых сплаво
Metastability of life
The physical idea of the natural origin of diseases and deaths has been
presented. The fundamental microscopical reason is the destruction of any
metastable state by thermal activation of a nucleus of a nonreversable change.
On the basis of this idea the quantitative theory of age dependence of death
probability has been constructed. The obtained simple Death Laws are very
accurately fulfilled almost for all known diseases.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
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