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A. Bhattacharyay

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arXiv2009

Volume exclusion and elasticity driven directional transport: an alternative model for bacterium motility

On the basis of a model we capture the role of strong attractive interaction in suppressing the rotational degrees of freedom of the system and volume exclusion in keeping microscopic symmetry-breaking intact to result in super-diffusive transport of small systems in a thermal atmosphere over a large time scale. Our results, characterize such systems on the basis of having a super-diffusive intermediate regime in between a very small and large time scales of diffusive regimes. Although, the Brownian ratchet model fails to account for the origin of motility in actin polymerization propelled directional motion of bacterium like Listeria Monocytogene (LM) and similar bio-mimetic systems due to the presence of strong attractive forces, our model can account for the origin of directional transport in such systems on the basis of the same interactions.

q-bio.CB↗
arXiv2008

Morphological changes of a superconducting phase in a mixed state with a normal current: a multiple scale analysis

The mixed state of superconducting (SC) and normal (N) phases in one dimensional systems are characterized by several phase slips and localization of the order parameter of the SC phase. The phenomenon is explained on the basis of a complex Ginzburg Landau (CGL) model. We present a simple analysis of the system on multiple scales to capture localization and phase slips when phases coexist.

cond-mat.supr-con↗
arXiv2007

A simple model for dynamic phase transitions in cell spreading

Cell spreading is investigated at various scales in order to understand motility of living cells which is essential for a range of physiological activities in higher organisms as well as in microbes. At a microscopic scale, it has been seen that actin polymerization at the leading edge of cell membrane primarily helps the cell to spread depending upon its extra-cellular environment which influences the polymerization process via some receptors on the cell membrane. There are some interesting experimental results at macroscopic scales (cell size) where people have observed various dynamic phases in terms of spreading rate of cell area adhering to the substrate. In the present paper we develop a very simple phenomenological model to capture these dynamic apparent phases of a spreading cell without going into the microscopic details of actin polymerization.

q-bio.CB↗
arXiv2006

A theory for one dimensional asynchronous chemical wave

We present a theory for experimentally observed phenomenon of one dimensional asynchronous waves. The general principle of coexistence of linear and nonlinear solutions of a dynamical system is underlying the present theoretical work. The result has been proposed analytically and numerical simulations are produced in support of the analytical results.

nlin.PS↗
arXiv2006

Simple solvation potential for coarse-grained models of proteins

We formulate a simple solvation potential based on a coarsed-grain representation of amino acids with two spheres modeling the $C_α$ atom and an effective side-chain centroid. The potential relies on a new method for estimating the buried area of residues, based on counting the effective number of burying neighbours in a suitable way. This latter quantity shows a good correlation with the buried area of residues computed from all atom crystallographic structures. We check the discriminatory power of the solvation potential alone to identify the native fold of a protein from a set of decoys and show the potential to be considerably selective.

q-bio.BM↗
arXiv2005

1D spirals: is multi stability essential?

The origin of 1D spirals or antisymmetric 1D pulses is explaind so far on the basis of multistability of spatially inhomogeneous and temporally oscillatory phases and so called nonvariational effects. Thus, coupled amplitude equations which are valid near a co-dimention 2 point and provides with the necessary multistable environment are commonly in use in the numerical calculations to generate such structures. In the present work we analytically show that a complex Ginzburg-Landau type amplitude equation which is valid in the Hopf region of phase space near an instability threshold admits solutions like antisymmetric pulses traveling in alternate directions from a core. The pulses can have well defined spatial profile like Hermite polynomial of order unity on the side of the direction of its motion. Thus, a pulse moving in the positive direction of x-axis from near a core at origin will be a peak while that moving in the negative direction is a trough and a temporal oscillation of such structures would give the impression of alternative peak and troughs are moving appart being generated from a common core.

nlin.PS↗
arXiv2005

The lower bound of barrier-energy in spin glasses: a calculation of the exponent on hierarchical lattice

We argue that the lower bound to the barrier energy to flip an up/down spin domain embedded in a down/up spin environment for Ising spin glass is independent of the size of the system. The argument shows the existence of at least one dynamical way through which it is possible to bypass local maxima in the phase space. For an arbitrary case where one flips any cluster of spin of size $l$, we have numerically calculated a lower bound to the exponent $ψ$ characterizing the barrier one has to overcome. In this case $ψ$ corresponding to the lower bound calculated on hierarchical lattice comes out to be equal to $θ$ the exponent characterizing the domain wall energy in ground state.

cond-mat.dis-nn↗
arXiv2005

Harmonic oscillator states as oscillating localized structures near Hopf-Turing instability boundary

A set of coupled complex Ginzburg-landau type amplitude equations which operates near a Hopf-Turing instability boundary is analytically investigated to show localized oscillatory patterns. The spatial structure of those patterns are the same as quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator stationary states and can have even or odd symmetry depending on the order of the state. It has been seen that the underlying Turing state plays a major role in the selection of the order of such solutions.

nlin.PS↗
arXiv2004

Phase instabilities generated by parametric modulation in reaction diffusion systems

Effect of external periodic force on an oscillatory order in a reaction diffusion system (Gierer Meinhardt model) has been investigated. The 2:1 resonance situation is found susceptible for the generation of a band of phase instabilities. These phase instabilities, captured on multiple time scales, produces a mismatch between the oscillation frequency of reacting species.

nlin.PS↗
arXiv2001

Hopf-Turing mixed mode and pattern selection in reaction diffusion systems

The amplitude equation of Gierer-Mainhardt model has been actually derived near the boundary abuot which Turing and Hopf modes exist. In a parameter region where Hopf-Turing mixed mode solution is stable, a chaotic state that generally results from interaction between mixed modes, is observed. This chaotic region follows a strong selection of a spatially periodic order followed by a local, resonant, very large frequency temporal oscillation. A spatio-temporal forcing, responsible for what obseved, has been identified.

nlin.PS↗