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    Finite TYCZ expansions and cscK metrics

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    Let (M,g)(M, g) be a Kaehler manifold whose associated Kaehler form ω\omega is integral and let (L,h)(M,ω)(L, h)\rightarrow (M, \omega) be a quantization hermitian line bundle. In this paper we study those Kaehler manifolds (M,g)(M, g) admitting a finite TYCZ expansion. We show that if the TYCZ expansion is finite then TmgT_{mg} is indeed a polynomial in mm of degree nn, n=dimMn=dim M, and the log-term of the Szeg\"{o} kernel of the disc bundle DLD\subset L^* vanishes (where LL^* is the dual bundle of LL). Moreover, we provide a complete classification of the Kaehler manifolds admitting finite TYCZ expansion either when MM is a complex curve or when MM is a complex surface with a cscK metric which admits a radial Kaehler potential

    Dynamic force spectroscopy of DNA hairpins. II. Irreversibility and dissipation

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    We investigate irreversibility and dissipation in single molecules that cooperatively fold/unfold in a two state manner under the action of mechanical force. We apply path thermodynamics to derive analytical expressions for the average dissipated work and the average hopping number in two state systems. It is shown how these quantities only depend on two parameters that characterize the folding/unfolding kinetics of the molecule: the fragility and the coexistence hopping rate. The latter has to be rescaled to take into account the appropriate experimental setup. Finally we carry out pulling experiments with optical tweezers in a specifically designed DNA hairpin that shows two-state cooperative folding. We then use these experimental results to validate our theoretical predictions.Comment: 28 pages, 12 figure

    Molecular dynamics simulation study of the high frequency sound waves in the fragile glass former ortho-terphenyl

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    Using a realistic flexible molecule model of the fragile glass former orthoterphenyl, we calculate via molecular dynamics simulation the collective dynamic structure factor, recently measured in this system by Inelastic X-ray Scattering. The comparison of the simulated and measured dynamic structure factor, and the study of its properties in an extended momentum, frequency and temperature range allows: i) to conclude that the utilized molecular model gives rise to a dynamic structure factor in agreement with the experimental data, for those thermodynamic states and momentum values where the latter are available; ii) to confirm the existence of a slope discontinuity on the T-dependence of the sound velocity that, at finite Q, takes place at a temperature T_x higher than the calorimetric glass transition temperature T_g; iii) to find that the values of T_x is Q-dependent and that its vanishing Q limit is consistent with T_g. The latter finding is interpreted within the framework of the current description of the dynamics of supercooled liquids in terms of exploration of the potential energy landscape.Comment: RevTex, 9 pages, 10 eps figure

    Vibrational origin of the fast relaxation processes in molecular glass-formers

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    We study the interaction of the relaxation processes with the density fluctuations by molecular dynamics simulation of a flexible molecule model for o-terphenyl (oTP) in the liquid and supercooled phases. We find evidence, besides the structural relaxation, of a secondary vibrational relaxation whose characteristic time, few ps, is slightly temperature dependent. This i) confirms the result by Monaco et al. [Phys. Rev, E 62, 7595 (2000)] of the vibrational nature of the fast relaxation observed in Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) experiments in oTP; and ii) poses a caveat on the interpretation of the BLS spectra of molecular systems in terms of a purely center of mass dynamics.Comment: RevTeX, 5 pages, 4 eps figure

    Effective temperature of active matter

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    We follow the dynamics of an ensemble of interacting self-propelled motorized particles in contact with an equilibrated thermal bath. We find that the fluctuation-dissipation relation allows for the definition of an effective temperature that is compatible with the results obtained using a tracer particle as a thermometer. The effective temperature takes a value which is higher than the temperature of the bath and it is continuously controlled by the motor intensity
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