Yang-Lee zeros and the helix-coil transition in a continuum model of polyalanine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-15-2001
Abstract
We calculate the Yang-Lee zeros for characteristic temperatures of the helix-coil transition in a continuum model of polyalanine. The distribution of these zeros differs from predictions of the Zimm-Bragg theory and supports recent claims that polyalanine exhibits a true phase transition. New estimates for critical exponents are presented and the relation of our results to the Lee-Yang theorem is discussed.
Publication Title
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Recommended Citation
Alves, N.,
&
Hansmann, U.
(2001).
Yang-Lee zeros and the helix-coil transition in a continuum model of polyalanine.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications,
292(1-4), 509-518.
http://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00603-8
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