Molecular Chains Interacting by Lennard-Jones and Coulomb Forces

• Carlos García-Azpeitia ^[1] ; Manuel Tejada-Wriedt ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

     México

     
• Localización: Qualitative theory of dynamical systems, ISSN 1575-5460, Vol. 16, Nº 3, 2017, págs. 591-608
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We study equations for the mechanical movement of chains of identical particles in the plane interacting with their nearest-neighbors by bond stretching and by van der Waals and Coulomb forces. We find collinear and circular equilibria as minimizers of the energy potential for chains with Neumann and periodic boundary conditions. We prove global bifurcation of periodic brake orbits from these equilibria applying the global Rabinowitz alternative. These results are complemented with numeric computations for ranges of parameters that include carbon atoms among other molecules.