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Polymers critical point originates Brownian non-Gaussian diffusion

Statistical Mechanics 2022-01-04 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate that size fluctuations close to polymers critical point originate the non-Gaussian diffusion of their center of mass. Static universal exponents γ\gamma and ν\nu -- depending on the polymer topology, on the dimension of the embedding space, and on equilibrium phase -- concur to determine the potential divergency of a dynamic response, epitomized by the center of mass kurtosis. Prospects in experiments and stochastic modeling brought about by this result are briefly outlined.

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@article{arxiv.2201.00717,
  title  = {Polymers critical point originates Brownian non-Gaussian diffusion},
  author = {Sankaran Nampoothiri and Enzo Orlandini and Flavio Seno and Fulvio Baldovin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.00717},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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