title: Jump Markov models and transition state theory: the quasi-stationary distribution approach.
abstract: We are interested in the connection between a metastable continuous state space Markov process (satisfying e.g. the Langevin or overdamped Langevin equation) and a jump Markov process in a discrete state space. More precisely, we use the notion of quasi-stationary distribution within a metastable state for the continuous state space Markov process to parametrize the exit event from the state. This approach is useful to analyze and justify methods which use the jump Markov process underlying a metastable dynamics as a support to efficiently sample the state-to-state dynamics (accelerated dynamics techniques). Moreover, it is possible by this approach to quantify the error on the exit event when the parametrization of the jump Markov model is based on the Eyring-Kramers formula. This therefore provides a mathematical framework to justify the use of transition state theory and the Eyring-Kramers formula to build kinetic Monte Carlo or Markov state models.
authors.affiliation: CERMICS, École des Ponts, Université Paris-Est, INRIA, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France. di-gesug@cermics.enpc.fr lelievre@cermics.enpc.fr nectouxb@cermics.enpc.fr.
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Gesù
authors.affiliation: CERMICS, École des Ponts, Université Paris-Est, INRIA, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France. di-gesug@cermics.enpc.fr lelievre@cermics.enpc.fr nectouxb@cermics.enpc.fr.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lelièvre
authors.affiliation: CERMICS, École des Ponts, Université Paris-Est, INRIA, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France. di-gesug@cermics.enpc.fr lelievre@cermics.enpc.fr nectouxb@cermics.enpc.fr and Laboratoire de Mathématiques d'Orsay, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France. dorian.lepeutrec@math.u-psud.fr.
authors.forename: Dorian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Peutrec
authors.affiliation: CERMICS, École des Ponts, Université Paris-Est, INRIA, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France. di-gesug@cermics.enpc.fr lelievre@cermics.enpc.fr nectouxb@cermics.enpc.fr.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nectoux