The Transition State in a Noisy Environment
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Transition State Theory overestimates reaction rates in solution because conventional dividing surfaces between reagents and products are crossed many times by the same reactive trajectory. We describe a recipe for constructing a time-dependent dividing surface free of such recrossings in the presence of noise. The no-recrossing limit of Transition State Theory thus becomes generally available for the description of reactions in a fluctuating environment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506231,
title = {The Transition State in a Noisy Environment},
author = {Thomas Bartsch and Rigoberto Hernandez and T. Uzer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506231},
year = {2007}
}