String method for the study of rare events

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523011-523014

  E, Weinan ^a   Ren, Weiqing ^b   Vanden Eijnden, Eric ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILM; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0036696910     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.052301     Document Type: Article

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