Blue moon approach to rare events

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 787-793

  Ciccotti, Giovanni ^a   Ferrario, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue moon approach; MD trajectories; Rare events; Reactive flux correlation

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FREE ENERGY; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BLUE MOON APPROACH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (MD) TRAJECTORIES; RARE EVENTS; REACTIVE FLUX CORRELATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 11144299109     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0892702042000270214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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