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  • Title: Constrained random-force model for weakly bending semiflexible polymers.
    Author: Benetatos P, Terentjev EM.
    Journal: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys; 2011 Aug; 84(2 Pt 1):022801. PubMed ID: 21929049.
    Abstract:
    The random-force (Larkin) model of a directed elastic string subject to quenched random forces in the transverse directions has been a paradigm in the statistical physics of disordered systems. In this Brief Report, we investigate a modified version of the above model where the total transverse force along the polymer contour and the related total torque, in each realization of disorder, vanish. We discuss the merits of adding these constraints and show that they leave the qualitative behavior in the strong stretching regime unchanged, but they reduce the effects of the random force by significant numerical prefactors. We also show that a transverse random force effectively makes the filament softer to compression by inducing undulations. We calculate the related linear compression coefficient in both the usual and the constrained random-force model.
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