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Modelling DNA Response to THz Radiation

Eric S. Swanson

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Abstract

Collective response of DNA to THz electric fields is studied in a simple pair bond model. We confirm, with some caveats, a previous observation of destabilising DNA breather modes and explore the parameter-dependence of these modes. It is shown that breather modes are eliminated under reasonable physical conditions and that thermal effects are significant.

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6 pages, 3 figures. version to appear in Phys. Rev. E
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DOI
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.040901
Subjects
physics.bio-phBiological Physics

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