Chemical Physics, 1998, V 235, N 1-3.

Preface                                                             
 P. Talkner, E. Pollak, A.M. Berezhkovskii
 pp. 1 -- 1

 Obituary: Volodya Mel'nikov                                         
 A. Larkin
 pp. 3 -- 4

 Mathematical aspects of the fluctuating barrier problem. Existence 
 of equilibrium and relaxation solutions
 P. Pechukas, J. Ankerhold
 pp. 5 -- 10

 Reaction rates when barriers fluctuate: A singular perturbation   
 approach
 P. Reimann, R. Bartussek, P. Hanggi
 pp. 11 -- 26

 Brownian transport controlled by dichotomic and thermal           
 fluctuations
 J. Kula, M. Kostur, J. _uczka
 pp. 27 -- 37

 Thermodynamical and mechanical efficiency of a ratchet pump      
 I.M. Sokolov, A. Blumen
 pp. 39 -- 45

 High frequency satellites in resonant activation                 
 E. Turlot, S. Linkwitz, D. Esteve, C. Urbina, M.H. Devoret, H. Grabert
 pp. 47 -- 50

 Thermal decay of a metastable elastic string                      
 C. Cattuto, M. Borromeo, F. Marchesoni
 pp. 51 -- 59

 Quantum hysteresis and resonant tunneling in bistable systems     
 M. Thorwart, P. Reimann, P. Jung, R.F. Fox
 pp. 61 -- 80

 Suppression of quantum coherence: Noise effect                    
 J. Shao, C. Zerbe, P. Hanggi
 pp. 81 -- 92

 Field-induced localization and nonlinear response of a one-band  
 conductor to a periodic electric field
 A.A. Ovchinnikov, K.A. Pronin
 pp. 93 -- 106

 Quantum superconductor-metal transition in a 2D                 
 proximity-coupled array
 M.V. Feigel'man, A.I. Larkin
 pp. 107 -- 114

 Vibrational energy relaxation in liquid oxygen                  
 K.F. Everitt, S.A. Egorov, J.L. Skinner
 pp. 115 -- 122

 Effects of non-Markovian relaxation in the femtosecond          
 differential absorption spectra
 E. Gaizauskas, A. Berzanskis, K.-H. Feller
 pp. 123 -- 130

 Binary collision theory for thermal and nonisothermal          
 relaxation and reaction of polyatomic molecules
 P. Talkner, E. Pollak, A.M. Berezhkovskii
 pp. 131 -- 146

 On the role of the energy loss in turnover theories of          
 activated rate processes
 A.N. Drozdov, J.J. Brey
 pp. 147 -- 156

 The Kramers problem in 2D-coupled periodic potentials           
 G. Caratti, R. Ferrando, R. Spadacini, G.E. Tommei
 pp. 157 -- 170

 Curvilinear-path based theory of the energy transfer limited    
 rate of a two-dimensional solute in a dissipative bath
 S.K. Reese, S.C. Tucker
 pp. 171 -- 187

 Saddle point avoidance due to inhomogeneous friction            
 G.J. Moro, F. Cardin
 pp. 189 -- 200

 Reversible chemical reactions in slowly relaxing environments: 
 Kramers' turnover of the rate constant
 A.M. Berezhkovskii, V.Yu. Zitserman, D.-Y. Yang, S.H. Lin
 pp. 201 -- 212

 Phase space distribution function approach to the Kramers       
 problem. III. Anharmonic potentials
 J. Morelli, D.J. Tannor
 pp. 213 -- 225

 Where is the exit point? 
 Z. Schuss, A. Spivak
 pp.227 -- 242

 Nonadiabatic reactions in condensed phase in the absence of     
 thermal equilibrium
 I. Rips
 pp. 243 -- 255

 Photochemical accumulation and recombination of ion pairs       
 undergoing the singlet-triplet conversion
 A.I. Burshtein, A.Yu. Sivachenko
 pp. 257 -- 266

 Non-adiabatic effects in condensed phase activated rate         
 processes in the near-adiabatic limit
 A.I. Shushin, M. Tachiya
 pp. 267 -- 279

 Non-equilibrium interlevel transitions in condensed phase far   
 away from the avoided crossing region
 M.V. Basilevsky, A.V. Soudackov, A.I. Voronin
 pp. 281 -- 296

 Numerical simulations of solvation in simple polar fluids: 
 dependence on the thermodynamic state below and above the
 critical point
 P. Graf, A. Nitzan
 pp. 297 -- 312

 A diffusive model for interpreting solvation dynamics in        
 isotropic and ordered liquid phases
 A. Polimeno, G. Saielli, P.L. Nordio
 pp. 313 -- 331

 Author index to volume 235                                      333 -- 335

 Subject index to volume 235                                     337 -- 343