The Writhe Distribution Of Stretched Polymers
arXiv:cond-mat/0403025 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.70.011801
Abstract
Motivated by experiments in which single DNA molecules are stretched and twisted we consider a perturbative approach around very high forces, where we determine the writhe distribution in a simple, analytically tractable model. Our results are in agreement with recent simulations and experiments.
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