Short-time description of chemical reaction by Stochastic methods

✍ Scribed by Teresa Fonseca; J. A. N. F. Gomes; Paolo Grigolini

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 159 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7608
• DOI: 10.1002/qua.560230216

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

For a double well potential, the Smoluchowski equation including a multiplicative noise is solved by a method that depends on a continued fraction expansion. The relation between the rate of escape over the barrier and a noise parameter is discussed. The method of solution used, being applicable to both short and long time scales, may be useful for the study of certain types of incubation times observed in chemical reactions.