82 research outputs found
On the reliability of mean-field methods in polymer statistical mechanics
The reliability of the mean-field approach to polymer statistical mechanics
is investigated by comparing results from a recently developed lattice
mean-field theory (LMFT) method to statistically exact results from two
independent numerical Monte Carlo simulations for the problems of a polymer
chain moving in a spherical cavity and a polymer chain partitioning between two
confining spheres of different radii. It is shown that in some cases the
agreement between the LMFT and the simulation results is excellent, while in
others, such as the case of strongly fluctuating monomer repulsion fields, the
LMFT results agree with the simulations only qualitatively. Various
approximations of the LMFT method are systematically estimated, and the
quantitative discrepancy between the two sets of results is explained with the
diminished accuracy of the saddle-point approximation, implicit in the
mean-field method, in the case of strongly fluctuating fields.Comment: 27 pages, 9 figure
Capital market of Bulgaria: testing different CAPM corrections
The present study makes comparison in the usage and the level of accuracy of different methods for calculation of the expected return. The presented methods are based on CAPM, but with different corrections. We are going to test the traditional CAPM of Sharpe (1963) and Lintner (1964), the downside D-CAPM proposed by Estrada (2002), and three methods presented by the authors of this study. The first method uses combination of downside and upside beta to compute the risk in CAPM; the second uses the absolute deviation as a measure of risk; the third method integrates skewness in CAPM, but makes it by using different approach than familiar downside methods. The skewness is added as additional multiplier in the CAPM
On the Apparent Attractive Interaction between Colloidal Particles of Like Charge
A new attractive force between colloidal particles of like charge has been discovered. This force is of entropic depletion origin, and is exhibited between colloidal particles in electrolyte solution. The attractive potential associated with this force is a function of the electrolyte concentration, and can have a minimum up to the order of -10 kT deep for certain parameters of the system. Implications of the force to various systems of interest will be discussed
Partitioning of a polymer chain between a confining cavity and a gel
A lattice field theory approach to the statistical mechanics of charged
polymers in electrolyte solutions [S. Tsonchev, R. D. Coalson, and A. Duncan,
Phys. Rev. E 60, 4257, (1999)] is applied to the study of a polymer chain
contained in a spherical cavity but able to diffuse into a surrounding gel. The
distribution of the polymer chain between the cavity and the gel is described
by its partition coefficient, which is computed as a function of the number of
monomers in the chain, the monomer charge, and the ion concentrations in the
solution.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figure
The Christian Realist Perspective: The Political Theology of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Reinhold Niebuhr
Christian political theology deals with the problems of the ultimate questions: the existence of God and the application of His law in the realm of human relations. Through exploring the political theology of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Reinhold Niebuhr, this study discusses the great issues of war and peace, the character of human nature, the necessity of political responsibility, the importance of moral choices, the functions of authority, and the meaning of history and progress. It argues that Christian realism withstands the serious critiques leveled against it, provided that the complementary strengths and weaknesses of these three figures is taken into account
Field-Theoretic Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Complexation
We briefly discuss our recent field-theoretic study of polyelectrolyte
complexation, which occurs in solutions of two oppositely charged
polyelectrolytes. Charged systems require theoretical methods beyond the
mean-field (or self-consistent field) approximation; indeed, mean-field theory
is qualitatively incorrect for such polyelectrolyte solutions. Both analytical
(one-loop) and numerical (complex Langevin) methods to account for charge
correlations are discussed. In particular, the first application of
field-theoretic simulations to polyelectrolyte systems is reported. The
polyelectrolyte charge-charge correlation length and a phase diagram are
provided; effects of charge redistribution are qualitatively explored.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, 3 equations, LaTeX; accepted to Journal of
Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics; v2: a revised and expanded version, 6
paragraphs of text and about 20 references adde
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