Extreme-value statistics of work done in stretching a polymer in a gradient flow

We analyze the statistics of work generated by a gradient flow to stretch a nonlinear polymer. We obtain the large deviation function (LDF) of the work in the full range of appropriate parameters by combining analytical and numerical tools. The LDF shows two distinct asymptotes: “near tails” are lin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vucelja, M., Chertkov, M., Turitsyn, Konstantin
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/94642
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-8962