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Title: Optimal barrier subdivision for Kramers' escape rate
Authors: Bekele, Mulugeta
Ananthakrishna, G.
Kumar, N.
Keywords: Kramers problem
Activated processes
Reaction rates
Issue Date: Jun-1996
Publisher: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Citation: Pramana, 1996, Vol. 46, p403-410.
Abstract: We examine the effect of subdividing the potential barrier along the reaction coordinate on Kramers' escape rate for a model potential. Using the known supersymmetric potential approach, we show the existence of an optimal number of subdivisions that maximizes the rate.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/988
ISSN: 0304-4289
Copyright: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.
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