Funnels in Energy Landscapes
arXiv:0707.3719 · doi:10.1140/epjb/e2008-00136-7
Abstract
Local minima and the saddle points separating them in the energy landscape are known to dominate the dynamics of biopolymer folding. Here we introduce a notion of a "folding funnel" that is concisely defined in terms of energy minima and saddle points, while at the same time conforming to a notion of a "folding funnel" as it is discussed in the protein folding literature.
6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to European Conference on Complex Systems 2007