Phase space defined

A partial differential equation is then developed for the number density of particles in the phase space (analogous to the classical Liouville equation that expresses the conservation of probability in the phase space of a mechanical system) (32>. In other words, if the particle states (i.e. points in the particle phase space) are regarded at any moment as a continuum filling a suitable portion of the phase space, flowing with a velocity field specified by the function u , then one may ask for the density of this fluid streaming through the phase space, i.e. the number density function n(z,t) of particles in the phase space defined as the number of particles in the system at time t with phase coordinates in the range z (dz/2). 

The classical problem is no less daunting The initial state is defined in terms of the 3N coordinates and 3N momenta of the N particles, which together define a 6iV-dimensional phase space. Each point in this phase space defines a specific microstate. Evolution of the system is described by the trajectory of the starting point through phase space. Not only is it beyond the capabilities of the most powerful computer to keep track of these fluctuations, but should only one of the starting parameters be defined incorrectly, the model fatally diverges very rapidly from the actual situation. 

When the steady state becomes unstable, the system moves away from it and often undergoes sustained oscillations around the unstable steady state. In the phase space defined by the system s variables, sustained oscillations generally correspond to the evolution toward a limit cycle (Fig. 1). Evolution toward a limit cycle is not the only possible behavior when a steady state becomes unstable in a spatially homogeneous system. The system may evolve toward another stable steady state— when such a state exists. The most common case of multiple steady states, referred to as bistability, is of two stable steady states separated by an unstable one. This phenomenon is thought to play a role in differentiation [30]. When spatial inhomogeneities develop, instabilities may lead to the emergence of spatial or spatiotemporal dissipative stmctures [15]. These can take the form of propagating concentration waves, which are closely related to oscillations. 

The intersections of the continuous Hamiltonian flow in the 2n-dimensional phase space, defined by Equation (71), with the surface of section defined by Equation (72), transforms the continuous flow to an equivalent discrete flow (map), on a (2n — 2)-dimensional surface of section (see Figure 12). 

The normalized phase space probability Tt(p, q ) gives the probability of finding the system at a particular point in phase space defined by the coordinates q and momenta p. This probability is proportional to the Boltzmann factor and determines the distribution of states of the system at equilibrium. 

Ergodic Classical mechanical system in which a trajectory uniformly covers a specific surface in phase space. The physics literature utilizes this term to imply uniform coverage of the surface in phase space defined by fixed total energy. 

A situation that arises from the intramolecular dynamics of A and completely distinct from apparent non-RRKM behaviour is intrinsic non-RRKM behaviour [9], By this, it is meant that A has a non-random P(t) even if the internal vibrational states of A are prepared randomly. This situation arises when transitions between individual molecular vibrational/rotational states are slower than transitions leading to products. As a result, the vibrational states do not have equal dissociation probabilities. In tenns of classical phase space dynamics, slow transitions between the states occur when the reactant phase space is metrically decomposable [13,14] on the timescale of the imimolecular reaction and there is at least one bottleneck [9] in the molecular phase space other than the one defining the transition state. An intrinsic non-RRKM molecule decays non-exponentially with a time-dependent unimolecular rate constant or exponentially with a rate constant different from that of RRKM theory. 

It is convenient to analyse tliese rate equations from a dynamical systems point of view similar to tliat used in classical mechanics where one follows tire trajectories of particles in phase space. For tire chemical rate law (C3.6.2) tire phase space , conventionally denoted by F, is -dimensional and tire chemical concentrations, CpC2,- are taken as ortliogonal coordinates of F, ratlier tlian tire particle positions and velocities used as tire coordinates in mechanics. In analogy to classical mechanical systems, as tire concentrations evolve in time tliey will trace out a trajectory in F. Since tire velocity functions in tire system of ODEs (C3.6.2) do not depend explicitly on time, a given initial condition in F will always produce tire same trajectory. The vector R of velocity functions in (C3.6.2) defines a phase-space (or trajectory) flow and in it is often convenient to tliink of tliese ODEs as describing tire motion of a fluid in F with velocity field/ (c p). 

When constructing more general molecular wave functions there are several concepts that need to be defined. The concept of geometry is inhoduced to mean a (time-dependent) point in the generalized phase space for the total number of centers used to describe the END wave function. The notations R and P are used for the position and conjugate momenta vectors, such that... 

As usual there is the question of the initial conditions. In general, more than one frozen Gaussian function will be required in the initial set. In keeping with the frozen Gaussian approximation, these basis functions can be chosen by selecting the Gaussian momenta and positions from a Wigner, or other appropriate phase space, distribution. The initial expansion coefficients are then defined by the equation... 

We consider a two state system, state A and state B. A state is defined as a domain in phase space that is (at least) in local equilibrium since thermodynamic variables are assigned to it. We assume that A or B are described by a local canonical ensemble. There are no dark or hidden states and the probability of the system to be in either A or in B is one. A phenomenological rate equation that describes the transitions between A and B is... 

One property of the exact trajectory for a conservative system is that the total energy is a constant of the motion. [12] Finite difference integrators provide approximate solutions to the equations of motion and for trajectories generated numerically the total energy is not strictly conserved. The exact trajectory will move on a constant energy surface in the 61V dimensional phase space of the system defined by. 

For autonomous Hamiltonians = 0 the solution in phase space depends only on t — to where the t-flow 4>t,n is defined as... 

A mapping is said to be symplectic or canonical if it preserves the differential form dp A dq which defines the symplectic structure in the phase space. Differential forms provide a geometric interpretation of symplectic-ness in terms of conservation of areas which follows from Liouville s theorem [14]. In one-degree-of-freedom example symplecticness is the preservation of oriented area. An example is the harmonic oscillator where the t-flow is just a rigid rotation and the area is preserved. The area-preserving character of the solution operator holds only for Hamiltonian systems. In more then one-degree-of-freedom examples the preservation of area is symplecticness rather than preservation of volume [5]. 

Since we have discovered the underlying Hamiltonian structure of the QCMD model we are able to apply methods commonly used to construct suitable numerical integrators for Hamiltonian systems. Therefore we transform the QCMD equations (1) into the Liouville formalism. To this end, we introduce a new state z in the phase space, z = and define the nonlinear... 

A convenient and constructive approach to attain symplectic maps is given by the composition of symplectic maps, which yields again a symplectic map. For appropriate Hk, the splittings (6) and (7) are exactly of this form If the Hk are Hamiltonians with respect to the whole system, then the exp rLnk) define the phase flow generated by these Hk- Thus, the exp TL-Hk) are symplectic maps on the whole phase space and the compositions in (6) and (7) are symplectic maps, too. Moreover, in order to allow for a direct numerical realization, we have to find some Hk for which either exp(rL-Kfc) has an analytic solution or a given symplectic integrator. 

A molecular dynamics simulation samples the phase space of a molecule (defined by the position of the atoms and their velocities) by integrating Newton s equations of motion. Because MD accounts for thermal motion, the molecules simulated may possess enough thermal energy to overcome potential barriers, which makes the technique suitable in principle for conformational analysis of especially large molecules. In the case of small molecules, other techniques such as systematic, random. Genetic Algorithm-based, or Monte Carlo searches may be better suited for effectively sampling conformational space. 

Labeling each cell of the one-dimensional lattice by i G Z, where Z is the set of integers, the collection of all configurations S defines the CA phase space, and is denoted by T =. ... 

The principles of statistical mechanics can be applied to a dynamical systeni provided that it obeys Louiville s Theorem (that is, it preserves volumes in phase space) and that its energy remains constant. The first requirement is easy since all reversible rules 4>r define bijective mappings of the phase space volume... 

Bota et al. [84] used the PCA method to select the optimum solvent system for TLC separation of seven polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Each solute is treated as a point in a space defined by its retention coordinates along the different solvent composition axes. The PCA method enables the selection of a restricted set of nine available mobile phase systems, and it is a useful graphical tool because scatterplots of loading on planes described by the most important axes will have the effect of separating solvent systems from one other most efficiently. 

In deriving theoretical equations of the current-potential (or time) curves of ion transfer of an acid we shall make essentially the same assumptions as the assumption 1-6 above. It is noted here that theoretical equations of the more general case, that is, of a dibasic acid, such as expressed by AH2 = AH + H, AH = A + H, can be derived [24], but are not included here, to save space. The formal formation constant, and formal dissociation constant,, in the a phase is defined by... 

Consider an isolated system containing N molecules, and let T = q v. p v be a point in phase space, where the ith molecule has position q, and momentum p . In developing the nonequilibrium theory, it will be important to discuss the behavior of the system under time reversal. Accordingly, define the conjugate... 

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