Geometric Structures of Phase Space in Multi-Dimensional Chaos : Applications to Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Complex Systems, Volume 130, Part A

Few of us can any longer keep up with the flood of scientific literature, even in specialized subfields. Any attempt to do more and be broadly educated with respect to a large domain of science has the appearance of tilting at windmills. Yet the synthesis of ideas drawn from different subjects into new, powerful, general concepts is as valuable as ever, and the desire to remain educated persists in all scientists. This series, Advances in Chemical Physics, is devoted to helping the reader obtain general information about a wide variety of topics in chemical physics, a field that we interpret very broadly. Our intent is to have experts present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest and to encourage the expression of individual points of view. We hope that this approach to the presentation of an overview of a subject will both stimulate new research and serve as a personalized learning text for beginners in a field. Part A. Part. I. Phase-space Geometry Of Multidimensional Dynamical Systems And Reaction Processes. Chapter 1. Classical, Semiclassical, And Quantum Mechanical Unimolecular Reaction Rate Theory / By Meishan Zhao, Jiangbin Gong, And Stuart A. Rice -- Chapter 2. Regularity In Chaotic Transitions On Two-basin Landscapes / By Tumiki Komatsuzaki And R. Stephen Berry -- Chapter 3. A New Look At The Transition State: Winger's Dynamical Perspective Revisited / By Charles Jaffe, Shinnosuke Kawai, Jesus Palacidin, Patricia Yanguas, And Turgay Uzer -- Chapter 4. Geometry Of Phase-space. Transition States: Many Dimensions, Angular Momentum / By Laurent Wiesenfeld -- Chapter 5. Intramolecular Dynamics Along Isomerization And Dissociation Pathways / By Marc Joyeux, Sergy Yu. Grebenshchikov, Jens Bredenbeck, Reinhard Schinke, And Stavros C. Farantos -- Chapter 6. Classical Coulomb Three-body Problem / By Mitsusada M. Sano -- Chapter 7. Global Aspects Of Chemical Reactions In Multidemensional Phase Space / By Mikito Toda -- Chapter 8. Classical Mechanism Of Multidimensional Barrier Tunneling / By Kin'ya Takahashi And Kensuke S. Ikeda -- Chapter 9. Coarse-grained Picture. For Controlling Quantum Chaos / By Toshiya Tukami, Hiroshi Fujisaki, And Takayuki Miyadera -- Part B. Part Ii. Complex Dynamical Behavior In Clusters And Proteins, And Data Mining To Extract Information On Dynamics. Chapter 10. Atomic Clusters: Powerful Tools To Probe Complex Cynamics / By R. Stephen Berry -- Chapter 11. Temperature, Geometry, And Variational Structure In Microcanonical Ensemble For Structural Isomerization Dynamics Of Clusters: A Multichannel Chemical Reaction Beyond The Transition-state Concept / By Kaxuo Takatsuka -- Chapter 12. Effects Of An Intrinsic Metric Of Molecular Internal. Space On Chemical Reaction Dynamics / By Tomohiro Yanao And Kazuo Takatsuka -- Chapter 13. Onset Dynamics Of Phase Transition In Ar / By Norihiro Shida -- Chapter 14. Rapid Alloying In Binary Clusters: Microcluster As A Dynamic Material / By Yasushi Shimizu, Taizo Kobayashi, Kensuke S. Ikeda, And Shin'ichi Sawada -- Chapter 15. Vibrational Energy Relaxation (ver) Of A Cd Stretching Mode In Cytochrome C / By Hiroshi Fujisaki, Lintao Bu, And John E. Straub -- Chapter 16. Heat Transport In Molecules And Reaction Kinetics: The Role Of Quantum Energy Flow And Localization / By David M. Leitner -- Chapter. 17. Regularity In Chaitic Transitions On Multibasin Landscapes / By Tamiki Komatsuzaki, Kyoko Hoshino, And Yasuhiro Matsunaga -- Chapter 18. Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling As A Data-mining Tool: New Algorithm And New Targets / By Y-h. Taguchi And Yoshitsugu Oono -- Chapter 19. Generalization Of The Fluctuation-dissipation Theorem For Excess Heat Production / By Hiroshi H. Hasegawa And Yoshikazu Ohtaki -- Part Iii. New Directions In Multidimensional Chaos And Evolutionary Reactions. Edited By M. Toda ... [et Al.]. An Interscience Publication. Proceedings Of The Conference Held From 26th October To 1st November, 2003, At The Yukawa Institute For Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

A result of the conference Geometrical Structures of Phase Space in Multidimensional Chaos--Applications to Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Complex Systems, held in October and November 2003 at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics at Kyoto U., in Japan, this two-volume publication contains 27 articles by academics and researchers in Japan, the US, and Europe. Topics include regularity in chaotic transitions on two-basin landscapes, a classical Coulomb three-body problem, classical mechanism of multidimensional barrier tunneling, a revised approach to Wigner's dynamical perspective, coarse-grained picture for controlling quantum chaos and onset dynamics of phase transition in Ar7, and heat transport in molecules and reaction kinetics. Eight articles are included on new directions in multidimensional chaos and evolutionary reactions, including the role of chaos for inert and reacting transport and slow relaxation in Hamiltonian systems with internal degrees of freedom. Both volumes contain the preface and an author and a subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Volume 130 in the series continues to report recent advances with significant, up-to-date chapters by internationally recognized researchers.