Simulation of a semiflexible polymer in a narrow cylindrical pore
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The probability that a randomly accelerated particle in two dimensions has not yet left a simply connected domain A after a time t decays as e−E0t for long times. The same quantity E0 also determines the confinement free energy per unit length ∆f = kBT E0 of a semiflexible polymer in a narrow cylindrical pore with cross section A. From simulations of a randomly accelerated particle we estimate the universal amplitude of ∆f for both circular and rectangular cross sections. PACS 36.20.Ey, 05.10.-a, 05.10.Gg, 05.70.Ce Submitted to J.Phys. A
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