The Mean First Rotation Time of a Planar Polymer
The Mean First Rotation Time of a Planar Polymer
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平面聚合物的平均首次旋转时间
DOI:
10.1007/s10955-011-0227-6
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
D. Holcman
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作者:
Stavros Vakeroudis;M. Yor;D. Holcman
We estimate the mean first time, called the mean rotation time (MRT), for a planar random polymer to wind around a point. This polymer is modeled as a collection of n rods, each of them being parameterized by a Brownian angle. We are led to study the sum of i.i.d. imaginary exponentials with one dimensional Brownian motions as arguments. We find that the free end of the polymer satisfies a novel stochastic equation with a nonlinear time function. Finally, we obtain an asymptotic formula for the MRT, whose leading order term depends on $\sqrt{n}$ and, interestingly, depends weakly on the mean initial configuration. Our analytical results are confirmed by Brownian simulations.