The effect of increasing the rate of repetitions of classical reactions (Q1768680)

Using the quantum mechanical operator method in which particles are represented by coherent state functions and the product of these states with their conjugate ones is interpreted as probability, the reversible classical reactions \(A_1 + A_2 + \dots + A_r \leftrightarrow B_1 + B_2 + \dots + B_s\) are discussed. \(r\) and \(s\) are any two natural positive numbers. The analytical study shows that in the case of a very large number of repetitions of a reaction -- or its backward reaction -- in a finite total time interval, one remains with the initial particles. This result occurs with a probability almost equal to one. Further, it is assumed that there exist different possible paths of reactions that begin at a given initial particle configuration and end at the same final particle configuration. Such an assumption is an extension of the calculations done before taking into account the influence of the product particles (that means the different times and places of the individual reactions of the path) on the reaction. Again, the probability that a prescribed path is chosen is calculated. And it is found that even any sequence of specific reactions, if they proceed in very short time intervals, has no consequence. It seems that the reactions were not performed at all. The analytically obtained results are also numerically demonstrated for the reversible reaction \(A + B \leftrightarrow A + C\) using the analogy with a 2D concentric billiard system, in which the two types of possible reflections represent the two sides of the reaction. It is noted that similar phenomena were also found to hold in quantum systems.