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Perspective on “The transition state method”

Wigner E (1938) Trans Faraday Soc 34: 29–41

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A perspective is provided on Wigner's classic paper on transition-state theory (TST). After providing a brief review of the historical context of this work, we review its key contributions including Wigner's dynamical perspective on TST, the fundamental assumption of TST, and the upper-bound property of classical TST. A discussion is also presented of subsequent progress in the field, which was stimulated by this work. This progress includes the following:

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  1. Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 93352, USA, , , , , , US

    Bruce C. Garrett

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Received: 26 February 1999 / Accepted: 6 April 1999 / Published online: 9 September 1999

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Garrett, B. Perspective on “The transition state method”. Theor Chem Acc 103, 200–204 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002149900046

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