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

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