Abstract
The temperature dependence of energy, partition function, entropy and free energy, describing a first-order-like phase transition of a DNA molecule is calculated based on the direct method of molecular dynamics for the classical Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model. It is shown that without taking into account the quantum freezing of the degrees of freedom at low temperatures, the relationship between these quantities is not determined. The latent heat of DNA melting is calculated for homogeneous PolyA/PolyT and PolyG/PolyC DNA chains. It is shown that this melting transition corresponds to a sharp temperature dependence of the heat capacity.
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