Topological origin of the phase transition in a model of DNA denaturation.
The hypothesis that phase transitions originate from some topological change of the critical level hypersurface of the potential energy receives direct evident support by our study of the Bishop-Peyrard model of DNA thermal denaturation.
Grinza
Paolo
P
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), via Beirut 2-4, I-34014 Trieste, Italy. grinza@sissa.it
Mossa
Alessandro
A
D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008954:Models, Biological; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics
D004247:DNA