Advancing Theory for Kinetics and Dynamics of Complex, Many-Dimensional Systems

This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Volume 145 in the series continues to report recent advances with significant, up-to-date chapters by internationally recognized researchers.

Preface xi Non-Markovian Theory of Vibrational Energy Relaxation and its Applications to Biomolecular Systems 1 By Hiroshi Fujisaki, Yong Zhang, and John E. Straub Protein Functional Motions: Basic Concepts and Computational Methodologies 35 By Sotaro Fuchigami, Hiroshi Fujisaki, Yasuhiro Matsunaga, and Akinori Kidera Non-Brownian Phase Space Dynamics of Molecules, the Nature of Their Vibrational States, and Non-RRKM Kinetics 83 By David M. Leitner, Yasuhiro Matsunaga, Chun-Biu Li, Tamiki Komatsuzaki, Akira Shojiguchi, and Mikito Toda Dynamical Reaction Theory Based on Geometric Structures in Phase Space 123 By Shinnosuke Kawai, Hiroshi Teramoto, Chun-Biu Li, Tamiki Komatsuzaki, and Mikito Toda Ergodic Problems for Real Complex Systems in Chemical Physics 171 By Tamiki Komatsuzaki, Akinori Baba, Shinnosuke Kawai, Mikito Toda, John E. Straub, and R. Stephen Berry Author Index 221 Subject Index 247