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Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) on nuclei of chicken erythrocytes demonstrates the cubic dependence of the scattering intensity Q-3 in the range of momentum transfer Q 10-3-10-2nm-1. Independent spin-echo SANS measurements give the spin-echo function, which is well described by the exponential law in a range of sizes (3×102)-(3×104) nm. Both experimental dependences reflect the nature of the structural organization of chromatin in the nucleus of a living cell, which corresponds to the correlation function γ(r)=ln(ξ/r) for r<ξ, where ξ=(3.69±0.07)×103 nm, the size of the nucleus. It has the specific scaling property of the logarithmic fractal γ(r/a)=γ(r)+ln(a), i.e., the scaling down by a gives an additive constant to the correlation function, which distinguishes it from the mass fractal, which is characterized by multiplicative constant.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Номер статьи012411
ЖурналPhysical Review E
Том96
Номер выпуска1
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 19 июл 2017

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Статистическая и нелинейная физика
  • Теория вероятности и статистика
  • Физика конденсатов

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