Tilting and squeezing: Phase space geometry of Hamiltonian saddle-node bifurcation and its influence on chemical reaction dynamics

VJ García-Garrido, S Naik, S Wiggins - International Journal of …, 2020 - World Scientific
In this article, we present the influence of a Hamiltonian saddle-node bifurcation on the high-
dimensional phase space structures that mediate reaction dynamics. To achieve this goal …

Obtaining time-dependent multi-dimensional dividing surfaces using Lagrangian descriptors

M Feldmaier, A Junginger, J Main, G Wunner… - Chemical Physics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dynamics between reactants and products are often mediated by a rate-determining barrier
and an associated dividing surface leading to the transition state theory rate. This framework …

Lagrangian descriptors and the action integral of classical mechanics

VJ García-Garrido, S Wiggins - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we bring together the method of Lagrangian descriptors and the principle of
least action, or more precisely, of stationary action, in both deterministic and stochastic …

Invariant manifolds and rate constants in driven chemical reactions

M Feldmaier, P Schraft, R Bardakcioglu… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Reaction rates of chemical reactions under nonequilibrium conditions can be determined
through the construction of the normally hyperbolic invariant manifold (NHIM)[and moving …

Analysis of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital isolation room using CFD and Lagrangian Coherent Structures

N Amahjour, G García-Sánchez, M Agaoglou… - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research paper presents an analysis of the propagation of the SARS-CoV-2, or other
similar pathogens, in a hospital isolation room using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) …

Binary contraction method for the construction of time-dependent dividing surfaces in driven chemical reactions

R Bardakcioglu, A Junginger, M Feldmaier, J Main… - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
Transition state theory formally provides a simplifying approach for determining chemical
reaction rates and pathways. Given an underlying potential energy surface for a reactive …

Lagrangian descriptors of driven chemical reaction manifolds

GT Craven, A Junginger, R Hernandez - Physical Review E, 2017 - APS
The persistence of a transition state structure in systems driven by time-dependent
environments allows the application of modern reaction rate theories to solution-phase and …

Finding NHIM: Identifying high dimensional phase space structures in reaction dynamics using Lagrangian descriptors

S Naik, VJ García-Garrido, S Wiggins - Communications in Nonlinear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phase space structures such as dividing surfaces, normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds,
and their stable and unstable manifolds have been an integral part of computing quantitative …

Unveiling the chaotic structure in phase space of molecular systems using Lagrangian descriptors

F Revuelta, RM Benito, F Borondo - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
We explore here the feasibility of using the recently introduced Lagrangian descriptors [AM
Mancho, Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul. 18, 3530 (2013) 1007-5704 10.1016/j …

Finding normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds in two and three degrees of freedom with Hénon-Heiles-type potential

S Naik, S Wiggins - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
We present a method based on a Lagrangian descriptor for revealing the high-dimensional
phase space structures that are of interest in nonlinear Hamiltonian systems with index-1 …