Effect of Landauer’s blow torch on the equilibration rate in a bistable potential

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Bekele, Mulugeta ^a   Rajesh, S ^b   Ananthakrishna, G ^b   Kumar, N ^b,c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 0000939761     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.143     Document Type: Article

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