Glassy Transition in a Disordered Model for the RNA Secondary Structure

A. Pagnani; G. Parisi; F. Ricci-Tersenghi

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2026

Glassy Transition in a Disordered Model for the RNA Secondary Structure

A. Pagnani, G. Parisi, and F. Ricci-Tersenghi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2026 – Published 28 February 2000

Abstract

We numerically study a disordered model for the RNA secondary structure and we find that it undergoes a phase transition, with a breaking of the replica symmetry in the low temperature region (as in spin glasses). Our results are based on the exact evaluation of the partition function.

Received 12 July 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2026

Authors & Affiliations

A. Pagnani¹, G. Parisi², and F. Ricci-Tersenghi³

¹Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
²Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
³Abdus Salam ICTP, Condensed Matter Group, Strada Costiera 11, P.O. Box 586, 34100 Trieste, Italy