Comment on ‘‘Comparison of positive flux operators for transition state theory using a solvable model’’ [J. Chem. Phys. 104, 7015 (1996)

Abstract

The Weyl definition of the positive component of the flux operator is discussed. Specifically, it is noted that the imaginary part of the operator makes no contribution to the quantum mechanical transition state theory rate constant, and this is why it was omitted in previous work on the topic.