Comment on "Estimate of the vibrational frequencies of spherical virus particles".
This Comment corrects some errors which appeared in the calculation of an elastic sphere eigenenergies. As a result, the symmetry of the mode having the lowest frequency is changed. Also a direction for calculating the damping of these modes for embedded elastic spheres is given.
Lucien
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Saviot
Daniel B
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Murray
Alain
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Mermet
Eugène
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Duval
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008863:Microspheres; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010316:Particle Size; D013500:Surface Tension; D013696:Temperature; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014732:Vibration; D014771:Virion / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D018406:Virus Physiological Phenomena