Gaussian curvature and the budding kinetics of enveloped viruses
Fig 5
Example of the dependence of the aperture angle α* that minimizes the free energy on the growth parameter ρ for the case of a fluyid shell.
The partial shell in the shape of a spherical cap with α* > 0 is locally stable along the black line and unstable along the red dashed line. The completed capsid with α* = 0 is stable along the blue line. The black dashed lines mark limits of local stability. Parameter values: κC = 0.5, σ = 0, , and τ = 0.5.