Representing Structural Information of Helical Charge Distributions in Cylindrical Coordinates
Condensed Matter
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
Structural information in the local electric field produced by helical charge distributions, such as dissolved DNA, is revealed in a straightforward manner employing cylindrical coordinates. Comparison of structure factors derived in terms of cylindrical and helical coordinates is made. A simple coordinate transformation serves to relate the Green function in cylindrical and helical coordinates. We also compare the electric field on the central axis of a single helix as calculated in both systems.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9612194,
title = {Representing Structural Information of Helical Charge Distributions in Cylindrical Coordinates},
author = {David Hochberg and Thomas W. Kephart and Glenn Edwards},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9612194},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages in plain LaTex, no figures. Accepted for publication in PRE March, 1997