Superconductivity and Temperature Effects on Davydov Model of α-Helix Protein**The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China

Abstract

We study the thermodynamic properties of α-helix protein on the basis of Davydov theory. The Hamiltonian of Davydov theory can be represented as a form of pairing Hamiltonian in the momentum space. We prove that the quasi-classical Davydov theory is essentially a theory with Bose condensation no matter whether the molecular excitations are treated as fermions or bosons. The transition temperature of superconductivity theory gives the existence condition of the Davydov soliton.