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In the Davydov soliton model of α-helix dynamics discussed in this book the parameters can be obtained from experimental data, but for the nonlinearity parameters (χ’s) these experimental estimates are of a comparatively indirect and uncertain nature. Since some analytic and numeric studies show that soliton propagation in the discrete chain only is possible for | χ| within certain limits it is of interest to look for alternative ways of estimating χ’s.
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Østergård, N. (1990). On Ab Initio Estimations of the Nonlinearity Parameters in the Davydov Model. In: Christiansen, P.L., Scott, A.C. (eds) Davydov’s Soliton Revisited. NATO ASI Series, vol 243. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9948-4_17
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