Potential barrier crossing

We will find the probability P(t) for the system to pass the point q = q0/2 up to the moment of time t. This probability gives the upper estimate for the transition probability since, in principle, there are trajectories for which the system goes back to the left potential well after crossing the top of the potential barrier. However, if the contribution of these trajectories is small, as is the case for not too strong an interaction with the thermal bath at large narrow barriers, P(t) is close to the exact value of the transition probability. 

In the situation where the transformation involved barrier crossing, e.g., associated with a nonpolar to polar transformation, the computational time was substantially reduced using the X-dynamics formalism, compared with a standard FEP method. This is because X-dynamics searches for alternative lower free energy pathways the coupling parameters (A/ and A2) evolve in the canonical ensemble independently and find a smoother path then when constrained to move as A = A2. Furthermore, a biasing potential in the form... 

To separate the effects of static and dynamic disorder, and to obtain an assessment of the height of the potential barrier that is involved in a particular mean-square displacement (here abbreviated (x )), it is necessary to find a parameter whose variation is sensitive to these quantities. Temperature is the obvious choice. A static disorder will be temperature independent, whereas a dynamic disorder will have a temperature dependence related to the shape of the potential well in which the atom moves, and to the height of any barriers it must cross (Frauenfelder et ai, 1979). Simple harmonic thermal vibration decreases linearly with temperature until the Debye temperature Td below To the mean-square displacement due to vibration is temperature independent and has a value characteristic of the zero-point vibrational (x ). The high-temperature portion of a curve of (x ) vs T will therefore extrapolate smoothly to 0 at T = 0 K if the sole or dominant contribution to the measured (x ) is simple harmonic vibration ((x )y). In such a plot the low-temperature limb is expected to have values of (x ) equal to about 0.01 A (Willis and Pryor, 1975). Departures from this behavior indicate more complex motion or static disorder. 

Figure 4 Two arbitrary potential energy surfaces in a two-dimensional coordinate space. All units are arbitrary. Panel A shows two minima connected by a path in phase space requiring correlated change in both degrees of freedom (labeled Path a). As is indicated, paths involving sequential change of the degrees of freedom encounter a large enthalpic barrier (labeled Path b). Panel B shows two minima separated by a barrier. No path with a small enthalpic barrier is available, and correlated, stepwise evolution of the system is not sufficient for barrier crossing.

The tunnelling correction P is the transmission probability through the potential barrier averaged over all possible crossing points and potential energies . An asymmetrical banier of the Eckart type l is assumed in the present model. 

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Figure 4.1 Detection by degenerate superposed absorber states, (a) Scheme of levels relevant to the pumping of the +) state and its photoionization by orthogonally polarized LO and SL fields, (b) Geometry of illumination, DC Stark mixing, and current directionality. The sample is divided by a potential barrier (dark rim) into two regions where separate currents arise for cross-correlation measurements, (c) The odd symmetry part (with respect to of the photoelectronic momentum distribution, which is responsible for Jy. and is associated widi die cross product of the fields.

This situation is very different from that representing Xe in zeolite Y, whereby the surface-mediated diffusion is characterized by a potential barrier to cage-to-cage crossings, consistent with the lower activation energy to diffusion of Ar in zeolite A. As was found for Xe, the surface-mediated... 

During slow collisions, the main contribution to the charge transfer cross-section is made by the impact parameters which exceed the size of a neutral atom. In this case, the potential barrier for tunneling is mainly formed by the electric field of the multiply charged ion in the vicinity of the neutral atom (Fig. 8). This field is equal to F = zjR2. The probability of... 

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