title: Efimov effect of triple-stranded DNA: real-space renormalization group and zeros of the partition function.
abstract: We study the melting of three-stranded DNA by using the real-space renormalization group and exact recursion relations. The prediction of an unusual Efimov-analog three-chain bound state, that appears at the critical melting of two-chain DNA, is corroborated by the zeros of the partition function. The distribution of the zeros has been studied in detail for various situations. We show that the Efimov DNA can occur even if the three-chain (i.e., three-monomer) interaction is repulsive in nature. In higher dimensions, a striking result that emerged in this repulsive zone is a continuous transition from the critical state to the Efimov DNA.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar-751005, India. jayamaji@iopb.res.in
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maji
authors.forename: Somendra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008967:Molecular Biology; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D016011:Normal Distribution; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D004247:DNA