A constrained random-force model for weakly bending semiflexible polymers

Details A constrained random-force model for weakly bending semiflexible polymers A constrained random-force model for weakly bending semiflexible polymers

2011-07-17

arxiv.org/abs/1107.3328v1

Phys. Rev. E 84, 022801 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in PRE

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.84.022801

The random-force (Larkin) model of a directed elastic string subject to quenched random forces in the transverse directions has been a paradigm in the statistical physics of disordered systems. In this brief note, we investigate a modified version of the above model where the total transverse force along the polymer contour and the related total torque, in each realization of disorder, vanish. We discuss the merits of adding these constraints and show that they leave the qualitative behavior in the strong stretching regime unchanged, but they reduce the effects of the random force by significant numerical prefactors. We also show that a transverse random force effectively makes the filament softer to compression by inducing undulations. We calculate the related linear compression coefficient in both the usual and the constrained random force model.

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