Relaxation of a Single Knotted Ring Polymer

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2008-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/0806.1612v1

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 77 (2008) 034001

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

13 pages, 5 figures, uses jpsj2.cls

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.77.034001

The relaxation of a single knotted ring polymer is studied by Brownian dynamics simulations. The relaxation rate lambda_q for the wave number q is estimated by the least square fit of the equilibrium time-displaced correlation function to a double exponential decay at long times. The relaxation rate distribution of a single ring polymer with the trefoil knot appears to behave as lambda_q=A(1/N^)x for q=1 and lambda_q=A'(q/N)^x' for q=2 and 3, where x=2.61, x'=2.02 and A>A'. The wave number q of the slowest relaxation rate for each N is given by q=2 for small values of N, while it is given by q=1 for large values of N. This crossover corresponds to the change of the structure of the ring polymer caused by the localization of the knotted part to a part of the ring polymer.

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