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We report here on numerical studies of a pair of linearly coupled mass chains with nonlinear φ 4 coupling between the two chains. General implications for double chain systems known to exist in nature such as DNA and RNA are discussed.
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Forinash, K., Keeney, J. Nonlinearly coupled double chain systems. Journal of Biological Physics 18, 19–29 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383787
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383787