Caveats of mean first-passage time methods applied to the crystallization transition: effects of non-Markovianity
arXiv:1710.01919 · doi:10.1063/1.4907364
Abstract
Using the crystallization transition in a Lennard-Jones fluid as example, we show that mean first-passage time based methods may underestimate the reaction rates. We trace the reason of this deficiency back to the non-Markovian character of the dynamics caused by the projection to a poorly chosen reaction coordinate. The non-Markovianity of the dynamics becomes apparent in the behavior of the recurrence times.
arXiv comment7 pages, 5 figures
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