Oscillations in p-adic diffusion processes and simulation of the conformational dynamics of protein

Abstract

Logarithmic oscillations superimposed on a power-law trend appear in the behavior of various complex hierarchical systems. In this paper, we study the logarithmic oscillations of relaxation curves in p-adic diffusion models that are used to describe the conformational dynamics of protein. We consider the case of a purely p-adic diffusion, as well as the case of p-adic diffusion with a reaction sink. We show that, relaxation curves for large times in these two cases are described by a power law on which logarithmic oscillations are superimposed whose period and amplitude are determined by the parameters of the model. We also provide a physical explanation of the emergence of oscillations in relaxation curves and discuss the relation of the results to the experiments on relaxation dynamics of protein.