Arrow of time and non-Markovianity in the non equilibrium folding/unfolding of alanine decapeptide in vacuo

Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics

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We present non equilibrium molecular dynamics experiments of the unfolding and refolding of an alanine decapeptide in vacuo subject to a Nose-Hoover thermostat. Forward (unfolding) and reverse (refolding) work distribution are numerically calculated for various duration times of the non equilibrium experiments. Crooks theorem is accurately verified for all non equilibrium regimes and the time asymmetry of the process is measured using the recently proposed Jensen-Shannon divergence [E.H. Fend, G. Crooks, Phys. Rev. Lett, 101, 090602] . Results on the alanine decapeptide are found similar to recent experimental data on m-RNA molecule, thus evidencing the universal character of the Jensen-Shannon divergence. The patent non-Markovianity of the process is rationalized by assuming that the observed forward and reverse distributions can be each described by a combination of two normal distributions satisfying the Crooks theorem, representative of two mutually exclusive linear events. Such bimodal approach reproduce with surprising accuracy the observed non Markovian work distributions.

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