Statistical Mechanics of Wormlike Chains. I. Asymptotic Behavior
- 1 October 1972
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 57 (7) , 2839-2843
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1678674
Abstract
The asymptotic form of the bivariate probability distribution describing both the position and the unit tangent vector at the endpoint of a continuous wormlike chain is obtained to terms of O(t−2), where t is the ratio of the total contour length to a statistical segment length. The method of solution utilizes operational algebra developed to solve the Liouville equation.Keywords
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