Escape from a fluctuating system: A master equation and trapping approach

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

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2554-2558

  Bar Haim, Arie ^a   Klafter, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0012365432     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.2554     Document Type: Article

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15. When considering the nearest neighbor jump model which has a trap and a reflecting point (r.p.) at the opposite ends, the difference between the MET starting at the r.p and the MET starting at the nearest site to the r.p is (Formula presented) where (Formula presented) is the rate from the r.p. to the nearest site. In our case we have to multiply this solution by (Formula presented) and therefore, (Formula presented) See Ref. 9.