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Partition function zeros and finite size scaling of helix-coil transitions in a polypeptide
1Departamento de Física e Matemática, FFCLRP Universidade de São Paulo, Avenue Bandeirantes 3900, CEP 014040-901 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. alves@quark.ffclrp.usp.br
Physical Review Letters
|October 4, 2000
Abstract:
We report on multicanonical simulations of the helix-coil transition of a polypeptide. The nature of this transition was studied by calculating partition function zeros and the finite size scaling of various quantities. New estimates for critical exponents are presented.