Improved microcanonical instanton theory
Joseph E. Lawrence, Jeremy O. Richardson
Abstract
We develop a microcanonical version of instanton theory for studying deep tunnelling reactions under the statistical assumptions of RRKM. The new theory provides a correction to the theory of Chapman, Garrett and Miller for non-separable systems.
Topics & Concepts
InstantonStatistical mechanicsStatistical physicsQuantum tunnellingTheoretical physicsSeparable spacePhysicsQuantum mechanicsMathematicsMathematical analysisQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsTheoretical and Computational PhysicsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates