Barrier-crossing dynamics in an asymmetric double-minimum potential

✍ Scribed by Xiao-Guang Wu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 382 KB
• Volume: 196
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(92)85923-x

✦ Synopsis

On the basis of our previous study on barrier-crossing dynamics in a symmetric double-well potential, we investigate fast rate processes corresponding to barrier-crossing dynamics in an arbitrary asymmetric double-minimum potential. The evolution of the rate kernels is determined by a projected Fokker-Planck operator and its spectral properties are studied. This work provides a deeper insight into the nature of fast chemical interconversions.