Energy Absorption and Storage in a Hamiltonian System in Partial Contact with a Heat Bath

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2 March 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.chao-dyn/9903005

Abstract

To understand the mechanism allowing for long-term storage of excess energy in proteins, we study a Hamiltonian system consisting of several coupled pendula in partial contact with a heat bath. It is found that energy absorption and storage are possible when the motion of each pendulum switches between oscillatory (vibrational) and rotational modes. The relevance of our mechanism to protein motors is discussed.

Keywords

ABSORPTION AND STORAGE
HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM
ENERGY ABSORPTION
PARTIAL CONTACT
VIBRATIONAL
HEAT BATH
STORAGE

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