Thermal diffusion of sine-Gordon solitons

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 361-368

  Quintero, N R ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Mertens, F G ^b  

^a Grupo Interdisciplinar Sist C   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

05.40. a Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise and Brownian motion; 05.45. a Nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear dynamical systems; 74.50.+r Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects; 85.25.Cp Josephson devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009869871     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011061     Document Type: Article

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