236 research outputs found
Coexistence of excited states in confined Ising systems
Using the density-matrix renormalization-group method we study the
two-dimensional Ising model in strip geometry. This renormalization scheme
enables us to consider the system up to the size 300 x infinity and study the
influence of the bulk magnetic field on the system at full range of
temperature. We have found out the crossover in the behavior of the correlation
length on the line of coexistence of the excited states. A detailed study of
scaling of this line is performed. Our numerical results support and specify
previous conclusions by Abraham, Parry, and Upton based on the related bubble
model.Comment: 4 Pages RevTeX and 4 PostScript figures included; the paper has been
rewritten without including new result
Fixed Point of the Finite System DMRG
The density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) is a numerical method that
optimizes a variational state expressed by a tensor product. We show that the
ground state is not fully optimized as far as we use the standard finite system
algorithm, that uses the block structure B**B. This is because the tensors are
not improved directly. We overcome this problem by using the simpler block
structure B*B for the final several sweeps in the finite iteration process. It
is possible to increase the numerical precision of the finite system algorithm
without increasing the computational effort.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Pair contact process with diffusion - A new type of nonequilibrium critical behavior?
Recently Carlon et. al. investigated the critical behavior of the pair
contact process with diffusion [cond-mat/9912347]. Using density matrix
renormalization group methods, they estimate the critical exponents, raising
the possibility that the transition might belong to the same universality class
as branching annihilating random walks with even numbers of offspring. This is
surprising since the model does not have an explicit parity-conserving
symmetry. In order to understand this contradiction, we estimate the critical
exponents by Monte Carlo simulations. The results suggest that the transition
might belong to a different universality class that has not been investigated
before.Comment: RevTeX, 3 pages, 2 eps figures, adapted to final version of
cond-mat/991234
Stability domains of actin genes and genomic evolution
In eukaryotic genes the protein coding sequence is split into several
fragments, the exons, separated by non-coding DNA stretches, the introns.
Prokaryotes do not have introns in their genome. We report the calculations of
stability domains of actin genes for various organisms in the animal, plant and
fungi kingdoms. Actin genes have been chosen because they have been highly
conserved during evolution. In these genes all introns were removed so as to
mimic ancient genes at the time of the early eukaryotic development, i.e.
before introns insertion. Common stability boundaries are found in evolutionary
distant organisms, which implies that these boundaries date from the early
origin of eukaryotes. In general boundaries correspond with introns positions
of vertebrates and other animals actins, but not much for plants and fungi. The
sharpest boundary is found in a locus where fungi, algae and animals have
introns in positions separated by one nucleotide only, which identifies a
hot-spot for insertion. These results suggest that some introns may have been
incorporated into the genomes through a thermodynamic driven mechanism, in
agreement with previous observations on human genes. They also suggest a
different mechanism for introns insertion in plants and animals.Comment: 9 Pages, 7 figures. Phys. Rev. E in pres
Exons, introns and DNA thermodynamics
The genes of eukaryotes are characterized by protein coding fragments, the
exons, interrupted by introns, i.e. stretches of DNA which do not carry any
useful information for the protein synthesis. We have analyzed the melting
behavior of randomly selected human cDNA sequences obtained from the genomic
DNA by removing all introns. A clear correspondence is observed between exons
and melting domains. This finding may provide new insights in the physical
mechanisms underlying the evolution of genes.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figures - Final version as published. See also Phys. Rev.
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Nonequilibrium effects in DNA microarrays: a multiplatform study
It has recently been shown that in some DNA microarrays the time needed to
reach thermal equilibrium may largely exceed the typical experimental time,
which is about 15h in standard protocols (Hooyberghs et al. Phys. Rev. E 81,
012901 (2010)). In this paper we discuss how this breakdown of thermodynamic
equilibrium could be detected in microarray experiments without resorting to
real time hybridization data, which are difficult to implement in standard
experimental conditions. The method is based on the analysis of the
distribution of fluorescence intensities I from different spots for probes
carrying base mismatches. In thermal equilibrium and at sufficiently low
concentrations, log I is expected to be linearly related to the hybridization
free energy with a slope equal to , where is
the experimental temperature and R is the gas constant. The breakdown of
equilibrium results in the deviation from this law. A model for hybridization
kinetics explaining the observed experimental behavior is discussed, the
so-called 3-state model. It predicts that deviations from equilibrium yield a
proportionality of to . Here, is an
effective temperature, higher than the experimental one. This behavior is
indeed observed in some experiments on Agilent arrays. We analyze experimental
data from two other microarray platforms and discuss, on the basis of the
results, the attainment of equilibrium in these cases. Interestingly, the same
3-state model predicts a (dynamical) saturation of the signal at values below
the expected one at equilibrium.Comment: 27 pages, 9 figures, 1 tabl
The Density Matrix Renormalization Group technique with periodic boundary conditions
The Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) method with periodic boundary
conditions is introduced for two dimensional classical spin models. It is shown
that this method is more suitable for derivation of the properties of infinite
2D systems than the DMRG with open boundary conditions despite the latter
describes much better strips of finite width. For calculation at criticality,
phenomenological renormalization at finite strips is used together with a
criterion for optimum strip width for a given order of approximation. For this
width the critical temperature of 2D Ising model is estimated with seven-digit
accuracy for not too large order of approximation. Similar precision is reached
for critical indices. These results exceed the accuracy of similar calculations
for DMRG with open boundary conditions by several orders of magnitude.Comment: REVTeX format contains 8 pages and 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
The Mystery of Two Straight Lines in Bacterial Genome Statistics. Release 2007
In special coordinates (codon position--specific nucleotide frequencies)
bacterial genomes form two straight lines in 9-dimensional space: one line for
eubacterial genomes, another for archaeal genomes. All the 348 distinct
bacterial genomes available in Genbank in April 2007, belong to these lines
with high accuracy. The main challenge now is to explain the observed high
accuracy. The new phenomenon of complementary symmetry for codon
position--specific nucleotide frequencies is observed. The results of analysis
of several codon usage models are presented. We demonstrate that the
mean--field approximation, which is also known as context--free, or complete
independence model, or Segre variety, can serve as a reasonable approximation
to the real codon usage. The first two principal components of codon usage
correlate strongly with genomic G+C content and the optimal growth temperature
respectively. The variation of codon usage along the third component is related
to the curvature of the mean-field approximation. First three eigenvalues in
codon usage PCA explain 59.1%, 7.8% and 4.7% of variation. The eubacterial and
archaeal genomes codon usage is clearly distributed along two third order
curves with genomic G+C content as a parameter.Comment: Significantly extended version with new data for all the 348 distinct
bacterial genomes available in Genbank in April 200
One-dimensional Nonequilibrium Kinetic Ising Models with local spin-symmetry breaking: N-component branching annihilation transition at zero branching rate
The effects of locally broken spin symmetry are investigated in one
dimensional nonequilibrium kinetic Ising systems via computer simulations and
cluster mean field calculations. Besides a line of directed percolation
transitions, a line of transitions belonging to N-component, two-offspring
branching annihilating random-walk class (N-BARW2) is revealed in the phase
diagram at zero branching rate. In this way a spin model for N-BARW2
transitions is proposed for the first time.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures included, 2 new tables added, to appear in PR
Incommensurate structures studied by a modified Density Matrix Renormalization Group Method
A modified density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method is introduced
and applied to classical two-dimensional models: the anisotropic triangular
nearest- neighbor Ising (ATNNI) model and the anisotropic triangular
next-nearest-neighbor Ising (ANNNI) model. Phase diagrams of both models have
complex structures and exhibit incommensurate phases. It was found that the
incommensurate phase completely separates the disordered phase from one of the
commensurate phases, i. e. the non-existence of the Lifshitz point in phase
diagrams of both models was confirmed.Comment: 14 pages, 14 figures included in text, LaTeX2e, submitted to PRB,
presented at MECO'24 1999 (Wittenberg, Germany
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