Figure 2.

Main figure: Relaxation times (a) τ₁ and (b) τ₂ for the autocorrelation of transverse displacement of a thermally fluctuating chromosome. Properties: E = 500 Pa, r = 1 μm, η = 0.001 kg/(m.s)¹², G = 227 Pa, and ${\eta \prime }_s={\eta \prime }_b=\eta \prime$ ranging from 200 to 10⁴ kg/(m.s) for (a) and from 200 to 10⁶ kg/(m.s) for (b). Inset: In the small wavenumber limit, the relaxation time τ₂ is independent of η′, however, it scales with the hydrodynamic drag coefficient, η, ranging from 0.0001 to 0.001 kg/(m.s).