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@article{Lee_PRE09b, abstract = {We study the thermal breakage of a discrete one-dimensional string, with openand fixed ends, in the heavily damped regime. Basing our analysis on themultidimensional Kramers escape theory, we are able to make analyticalpredictions on the mean breakage rate, and on the breakage propensity withrespect to the breakage location on the string. We then support our predictionswith numerical simulations.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Lee, Chiu F.}, citeulike-article-id = {5055754}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3754}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.3754}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031134}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031134}, eprint = {0906.3754}, journal = {Physical Review E}, keywords = {breakage, kramers, physics, polymer, theory}, month = {Jul}, pages = {031134}, posted-at = {2009-07-04 15:52:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Thermal breakage of a discrete one-dimensional string}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031134}, volume = {80}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - Lee_PRE09b L3 - citeulike-article-id:5055754 N2 - We study the thermal breakage of a discrete one-dimensional string, with openand fixed ends, in the heavily damped regime. Basing our analysis on themultidimensional Kramers escape theory, we are able to make analyticalpredictions on the mean breakage rate, and on the breakage propensity withrespect to the breakage location on the string. We then support our predictionswith numerical simulations. JF - Physical Review E EP - 031134 TI - Thermal breakage of a discrete one-dimensional string VL - 80 SP - 031134 KW - breakage KW - kramers KW - physics KW - polymer KW - theory AU - Lee, Chiu PY - 2009/Jul/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031134 ER -