Quantifying stochastic resonance: theory versus experiment

Mykhaylo Evstigneev1, Peter Reimann, Carmen Schmitt

  • 1Theoretische Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.

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