{"paper":{"title":"On the uniqueness of t->0+ quantum transition-state theory","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.chem-ph","authors_text":"Stuart C. Althorpe, Timothy J. H. Hele","submitted_at":"2013-07-30T16:36:33Z","abstract_excerpt":"It was shown recently that there exists a true quantum transition-state theory (QTST) corresponding to the t->0+ limit of a (new form of) quantum flux-side time-correlation function. Remarkably, this QTST is identical to ring-polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) TST. Here we provide evidence which suggests very strongly that this QTST (= RPMD-TST) is unique, in the sense that the t->0+ limit of any other flux-side time-correlation function gives either non-positive-definite quantum statistics or zero. We introduce a generalized flux-side time-correlation function which includes all other (known) "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1307.8035","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}