Predicting instantaneous decay rates at the transition state using neural networks and investigating their usefulness for the reaction rates of arbitrary ensembles

Abstract

In this thesis we are going to discuss the TST (chapter 2 will discuss it). Briefly explaining the NHIM and the instantaneous decay rates. The main topic of discussion is the neural networks, as discussed in chapter 3 and their emerging usage in the market. We will build our own neural network to predict the time-dependent instantaneous decay rates of a chemical reaction from random samples at the position and velocity coordinates on the NHIM. Also we are going to discuss the prediction of neural networks taking coordinates of a trajectory as the initial conditions. And eventually we will investigate on the usefulness for the reaction rates of arbitrary ensembles by predicting the time-dependent instantaneous rates of trajectories near the NHIM.