Lade, StevenKivshar, Yuri2015-12-080375-9601http://hdl.handle.net/1885/32813We consider the transfer of vibrational energy in proteins and derive a simplified model for the resonant energy exchange between different vibrational modes. We use the parameters of an earlier study [K. Moritsugu, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 3970 ] to compare our predictions with the results of the molecular dynamics simulations, and reveal an excellent agreement.Keywords: Nonlinear dynamics; Parametric resonance; Proteins: myoglobin; Vibrational energy transfer200810.1016/j.physleta.2007.08.0672015-12-08