Review Article

Quantum Instanton Evaluations of the Thermal Rate Constants for Complex Systems

Figure 1

Local topography of the quantum free energy surface defined by (24) near the top of the barrier. (a) ; (b) . The cross symbols show the location of the saddle points. The values of and at the saddle points are used as input for computing the quantum instanton rate.
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