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| Format: | Preprint |
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2025
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20198 |
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- We describe in this paper a crossbridge model in which an attached crossbridge behaves like a linear spring with a variable rest length. We assume in particular that the rest length has a linear force-velocity relation, and that the force and rest length are both zero at the moment of crossbridge attachment. Crossbridges that are not attached in our model have a fixed probability per unit time of attachment, and attached crossbridges have a probability per unit time of detachment that is a function of the crossbridge force. This detachment rate is uniquely determined by the requirement that a limiting form of the model should reproduce the force-velocity curve and heat of shortening discovered by A.V.Hill~\cite{AVHILL}, and the detachment rate turns out to be a linearly decreasing function of the crossbridge force. The parameters of the model are determined by a fit to steady-state experimental data; and then an event-driven stochastic simulation methodology is introduced in order to study the behavior of the model in a simulated quick-release experiment. The model explains how the crossbridge can act like a linear spring on a fast time scale but have very different properties on a slower time scale.