ON THE DIRECT CALCULATION OF THERMAL RATE CONSTANTS

被引:60
作者
THOMPSON, WH [1 ]
MILLER, WH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,DIV CHEM SCI,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1063/1.469053
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present a new approach for the direct (and correct) calculation of thermal rate constants k(T) "direct" meaning that one avoids having to solve the state-to-state reactive scattering problem, and "correct" meaning that the method contains no inherent approximations). The rate constant is obtained from the long time limit of the flux-position correlation function, Cf,s(t), whose calculation is made efficient by taking advantage of the low rank of the flux operator. Specifically, the trace required to obtain Cf,s(t) is evaluated by a Lanczos iteration procedure which calculates only the nonzero eigenvalues. The propagation in complex time, t c=t-iℏβ/2, is carried out using a Chebychev expansion. This method is seen to be both accurate and efficient by application to the Eckart barrier, the collinear H+H2 reaction, and the three-dimensional D+H2 (J=0) reaction. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:7409 / 7417
页数:9
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