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. 2003 May;67(5 Pt 1):051924.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.051924. Epub 2003 May 23.

Estimate of the vibrational frequencies of spherical virus particles

L H Ford  1
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Estimate of the vibrational frequencies of spherical virus particles

L H Ford. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 May.

Abstract

The possible normal modes of vibration of a nearly spherical virus particle are discussed. Two simple models for the particle are treated, a liquid drop model and an elastic sphere model. Some estimates for the lowest vibrational frequency are given for each model. It is concluded that this frequency is likely to be of the order of a few GHz for particles with a radius of the order of 50 nm.

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