Abstract

Various rates are involved in molecular processes, and they are measured either directly in the time domain or indirectly by the observation of linewidths in the frequency domain. Naturally, for properly designed and executed experiments, the final results should be identical, but quite often measurements in the two domains give different results. In most cases the explanation lies in the incorrect interpretation of experimental data (i.e., the experiments do not measure what they are expected to do).

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