| Literature DB >> 25429932 |
Alexander M Berezhkovskii1, Attila Szabo2, Nicholas Greives3, Huan-Xiang Zhou3.
Abstract
An analytical expression is derived for the rate constant that describes diffusive transitions between two deep wells of a multidimensional potential. The expression, in contrast to the Kramers-Langer formula for the rate constant, is valid even when the diffusion is highly anisotropic. Our approach is based on a variational principle for the reactive flux and uses a trial function for the splitting probability or commitor. The theoretical result is validated by Brownian dynamics simulations.Mesh:
Year: 2014 PMID: 25429932 PMCID: PMC4247370 DOI: 10.1063/1.4902243
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Phys ISSN: 0021-9606 Impact factor: 3.488