Mean-field cooperativity in chemical kinetics
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چکیده
We consider cooperative reactions and we study the effects of the interaction strength among the system components on the reaction rate, hence realizing a connection between microscopic and macroscopic observables. Our approach is based on statistical mechanics models and it is developed analytically via mean-field techniques. First of all, we show that, when the coupling strength is set positive, a cooperative behavior naturally emerges from the model; in particular, by means of various cooperative measures previously introduced, we highlight how the degree of cooperativity depends on the interaction strength among components. Furthermore, we introduce a criterion to discriminate between weak and strong cooperativity, based on a measure of ‘‘susceptibility.’’ We also properly extend the model in order to account for multiple attachments phenomena: this is realized by incorporating within the model p-body interactions, whose non-trivial cooperative capability is investigated too.
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