Role of fluctuations in membrane models: thermal versus nonthermal

Amit K. Chattopadhyay*

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    Abstract

    We study the comparative importance of thermal to nonthermal fluctuations for membrane-based models in the linear regime. Our results, both in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions, suggest that nonthermal fluctuations dominate thermal ones only when the relaxation time τ is large. For moderate to small values of τ, the dynamics is defined by a competition between these two forces. The results are expected to act as a quantitative benchmark for biological modeling in systems involving cytoskeletal and other nonthermal fluctuations. © 2011 American Physical Society.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number032101
    JournalPhysical Review E
    Volume84
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2011

    Keywords

    • biological modeling
    • cytoskeletal
    • linear regime
    • membrane models
    • nonthermal

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