title: Motion of proton in double-well potential. Its possible role in the process of vision.
abstract: A quantum-mechanical model that allows direct calculation of the rate of proton transfer with possible application to the early events in vision is presented. The rate is obtained in closed form in the linear-response approximation in terms of four parameters. The model permits a simple calculation of these parameters and shows modest agreement with the experimentally determined rate constant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Riveros
mesh_terms: D008954:Models, Biological; D011522:Protons; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011522:Protons