ABSTRACT

Quantum mechanical tunneling plays important roles in a wide range of natural sciences, from nuclear and solid-state physics to proton transfer and chemical reactions in chemistry and biology. Responding to the need for further understanding of multidimensional tunneling, the authors have recently developed practical methods that can be applied to

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|28 pages

One-Dimensional Theory

chapter 3|10 pages

Two-Dimensional Theory

chapter 5|14 pages

Nonadiabatic Tunneling

chapter 8|14 pages

Decay of Metastable States

chapter 9|20 pages

Tunneling in Chemical Reactions

chapter 10|2 pages

Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives