New Trends in Kramers’ Reaction Rate Theory

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Introduction.
• 2. Variational Transition State Theory in Condensed Phases.
• 3. Anharmonic Barrier Corrections for Kramers’ Rate-Problem in the Spatial Diffusion Regime.
• 4. The Theory of Multi-Barrier Crossing.
• 5. Surmounting Fluctuating Barriers.
• 6. Noise-Induced Transitions and Chemical Rate Laws.
• 7. Invariant Densities and Escape Rates for Maps with Weak Gaussian Noise.
• 8. First Passage Time Renormalization and Escape from an Imperfect Trap.
• 9. Stretched Times and Divergent Time Scales.
• 10. A Feynman Path Integral Formulation of Quantum Mechanical Transition State Theory.
• 11. Recent Developments in the Quantum Mechanical Theory of Chemical Reaction Rates.