Noise induced stability in fluctuating, bistable potentials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 818-821

  Mielke, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 0000321219     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.818     Document Type: Article

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