Towards a theory of transition paths

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 503-523

  E, Weinan ^a   Vanden Eijnden, Eric ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Matastability; Reactive trajectories; Transition path sampling; Transition path theory; Transition pathways; Transition state theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747589472     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-005-9003-9     Document Type: Article

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