3 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
When Heating Isn't Cooling in Reverse: Nosé-Hoover Thermostat Fluctuations from Equilibrium Symmetry to Nonequilibrium Asymmetry
Hesam Arabzadeh, Brad Lee Holian
Recent laboratory experiments suggest an intrinsic asymmetry between heating and cooling, with heating occurring more efficiently. Two decades earlier, molecular dynamics (MD) simu…
physics.bio-ph2025
ChromRec: Self-Assembly of Nucleosomes Driven by Directional Recognition
Hesam Arabzadeh, Dmitri Kireev
Understanding chromatin dynamics across multiple spatiotemporal scales requires models that reconcile biological specificity with physics-based interactions and computational tract…
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Chaos in Nonequilibrium Two-Temperature Nosé-Hoover Cell Models
Hesam Arabzadeh, Carol Griswold Hoover, William Graham Hoover +1
We revisit a two-temperature Nosé-Hoover wanderer particle embedded in a two-dimensional periodic 2x2 cell with four smooth repulsive corners at to explore…