Rate processes in dissipative systems: scaling in the canonical variational transition state theory

1994 ◽  
Vol 183 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 365-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surjit Singh ◽  
G. Wilse Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Transition State Theory ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Dissipative Systems ◽  
Variational Transition State Theory ◽  
Rate Processes ◽  
Variational Transition State

VARIATIONAL TRANSITION STATE THEORY FOR ACTIVATED RATE PROCESSES IN DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS

1991 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELI POLLAK
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Transition State Theory ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Dissipative Systems ◽  
Dissipative Medium ◽  
Variational Transition State Theory ◽  
Diffusion Limited ◽  
Energy Diffusion ◽  
Rate Processes

Variational upper bounds are derived for the spatial and energy diffusion limited escape rate of a particle trapped in a metastable well and interacting with a dissipative medium. The theory is well defined for arbitrary memory friction and accounts explicitly for the nonlinearity of the potential governing the motion of the escaping particle.

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