%0 Journal Article
%T Mean field approximation in conformation dynamics
%A Gero Friesecke
%A Oliver Junge
%A P¨¦ter Koltai
%J Mathematics
%D 2009
%I arXiv
%X We propose a new approach to the transfer operator based analysis of the conformation dynamics of molecules. It is based on a statistical independence ansatz for the eigenfunctions of the operator related to a partitioning into subsystems. Numerical tests performed on small systems show excellent qualitative agreement between mean field and exact model, at greatly reduced computational cost.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1844v1