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Ritz Group
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics: 
Understanding the Molecular Design of Life
UC Irvine
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Thorsten Ritz Research Publications Links
Shedding Light on Vertebrate Magnetoreception.
Thorsten Ritz, David Dommer & John B. Phillips.

             Neuron 34, 503-506 (2002). 
Robustness and optimality of light harvesting in cyanobacterial photosystem I.
Melih Sener, Deyu Lu, Thorsten Ritz, Sanghyun Park, Petra Fromme & Klaus Schulten.

             J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 7948-7960 (2002). 
Photosynthetic Apparatus of Purple Bacteria.
Xiche Hu, Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanovic, Felix Autenrieth & Klaus Schulten.

             Quart. Rev. Biophys. 35, 1-62 (2002). 
The Quantum Physics of Photosynthesis.
Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanovic & Klaus Schulten.

             ChemPhysChem 3, 243-248 (2002).
Kinetics of Excitation Migration and Trapping in the Photosynthetic Unit of Purple Bacteria.
Thorsten Ritz, Sanghyun Park & Klaus Schulten.

             J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 8259-8267 (2001). 
Disrupting Magnetic Compass Orientation with Radio Frequency Oscillating Fields
Thorsten Ritz.
in Proceedings of RIN01: Orientation & Navigation - Birds, Humans & other Animals 

             Royal Institute of Navigation, Oxford (2001). 
Physik der Photosynthese.
Thorsten Ritz and Klaus Schulten.

             Physikalische Blaetter 57, 49-53 (2001).
Efficient Light Harvesting Through Carotenoids
Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanovic, Klaus Schulten, Jian-Ping Zhang and Yasushi Koyama

             Photosynthesis Research 66 , 125-144 (2000).
Excitation Transfer in the Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein of Amphidinum carterae
Ana Damjanovic, Thorsten Ritz & Klaus Schulten

             Biophys. J. 79, 1695-1705 (2000).
Excitation Energy Trapping by the Reaction Center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Ana Damjanovic, Thorsten Ritz & Klaus Schulten 

             Intern'l J. of Quantum Chemistry 77, 139-151 (2000). 
A Model for Photoreceptor-Based Magnetoreception in Birds
Thorsten Ritz, Salih Adem & Klaus Schulten 

             Biophys. J. 78 , 707-718 (2000).
Energy Transfer between Carotenoids and Bacteriochlorophylls in a Light Harvesting Protein
Ana Damjanovic, Thorsten Ritz & Klaus Schulten.

             Phys. Rev. E 59, 3293-3311 (1999). 
Light-harvesting and photoprotection by carotenoids: Structure-based calculations for photosynthetic antenna systems. 
Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanovic & Klaus Schulten.

           In G. Garab, editor, Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (Proceedings of the XIth International Congress on Photosynthesis)
              volume 1, pages 487-490, Dordrecht, 1998. Kluwer Academic Publications. 
Architecture and function of the light harvesting apparatus of purple bacteria.
Xiche Hu, Ana Damjanovic, Thorsten Ritz & Klaus Schulten.

             Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 95, 5935-5941 (1998).
Excitons and excitation transfer in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria.
Thorsten Ritz , Xiche Hu,  Ana Damjanovic& Klaus Schulten.

              J. Luminescence 76-77, 310-321 (1998).
Pigment organization and transfer of electronic excitation in the purple bacteria.
Xiche Hu, Thorsten Ritz , Ana Damjanovic & Klaus Schulten.

             J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 3854-3871 (1997).
Quasicontinuous control of a bronze ribbon experiment using time-delay coordinates.
Alexander Schenck zu Schweinsberg, Thorsten Ritz, Ute Dressler, Bernd Hübinger, Robert Doerner & Werner Martienssen.

             Phys. Rev. E 55, 2145-2158  (1997). 
Chaos control with adjustable control times.
Thorsten Ritz, Alexander Schenck zu Schweinsberg, Ute Dressler, Robert Doerner, Bernd Hübinger & Werner Martienssen.

             Chaos, Solitions & Fractals 8, 1559-1576  (1997). 
Optimal control and other complex systems paradigms in the context of turbulent flows.
Thorsten Ritz & Alfred Hübler.

            in: Control of flow instabilities and unsteady flows, Eds.: G.E.A. Meier and G.H. Schnerr. Springer, Berlin, 43-117 (1996). 
Controlling complex systems and first principles of complex systems research.
Thorsten Ritz & Alfred Hübler.

            in: Proceedings of the 1996 International Workshop on Control Mechanism for Complex Systems
             NATO, Las Cruces NM, 51-66 (1996). 
Tracking unstable periodic orbits in a bronze ribbon experiment.
Ute Dressler, Thorsten Ritz, Alexander Schenck zu Schweinsberg, Robert Doerner, Bernd Hübinger & Werner Martienssen.

             Phys. Rev. E 51, 1845-1848 (1995).