Kramers problem for a multiwell potential

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2556-2559

  Arrayas M ^a   Kaufman, I K H ^a,b,c   Luchinsky, D G ^a,c   Mc Clintock, P V E ^a   Soskin, S M ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^c CENTER FOR GRAVITATION AND FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

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EID: 0001109402     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2556     Document Type: Article

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