Thermally activated escape processes in a double well coupled to a slow harmonic mode

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4117-4128

  Drozdov, Alexander N ^a,b,c   Talkner, Peter ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001077528     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472282     Document Type: Article

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