Kramers problem for a multiwell potential
1Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom and Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, Postbus 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Fluctuational escape from a multiwell potential is shown to display new features, as compared to the conventional single-well case. The flux J may depend on friction gamma exponentially strongly, over an exponentially long period; for small enough temperatures, J(gamma) undergoes marked oscillations in the range of small gamma, and the time evolution of J changes drastically as gamma exceeds a critical value.
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