The Vibrational Structure of Davydov Solitons
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physica Scripta
- Vol. 25 (5) , 651-658
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/25/5/015
Abstract
Internal oscillations of an alpha-helix soliton are studied numerically on a modified version of Davydov's equations and analytically on an approximating system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. The numerical results are used to interpret lines in recently measured laser-Raman spectra of metabolically active E. coli. Agreement between measured and calculated lines appears to be within the uncertainties of computation and measurement.Keywords
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