Kramers problem for a polymer in a double well

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

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 927-939

  Sebastian, K L ^a   Paul, Alok K R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

HAIRPIN CROSSINGS; KRAMERS THEORY; ROUSE MODELS;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 0034230278     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.927     Document Type: Article

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31. There is an extensive literature on this topic. The most relevant to our discussion are M. Büttiker and R. Landauer, Phys. Rev. A 23, 1397 (1981); M. Büttiker and H. Thomas, ibid. 37, 235 (1988), P. Hanggi, F. Marchesoni, and P. Sodano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2563 (1988); F. Marchesoni, ibid. 73, 2394 (1994). For more recent work and the settling of a controversy involving these authors see M. Büttiker and T. Christen, ibid. 75, 1895 (1995); T. Christen and M. Büttiker, Phys. Rev. E 58, 1533 (1998). S. Habib and G. Lythe, e-print cond-mat/9911228.
32. There is an extensive literature on this topic. The most relevant to our discussion are M. Büttiker and R. Landauer, Phys. Rev. A 23, 1397 (1981); M. Büttiker and H. Thomas, ibid. 37, 235 (1988), P. Hanggi, F. Marchesoni, and P. Sodano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2563 (1988); F. Marchesoni, ibid. 73, 2394 (1994). For more recent work and the settling of a controversy involving these authors see M. Büttiker and T. Christen, ibid. 75, 1895 (1995); T. Christen and M. Büttiker, Phys. Rev. E 58, 1533 (1998). S. Habib and G. Lythe, e-print cond-mat/9911228.
33. There is an extensive literature on this topic. The most relevant to our discussion are M. Büttiker and R. Landauer, Phys. Rev. A 23, 1397 (1981); M. Büttiker and H. Thomas, ibid. 37, 235 (1988), P. Hanggi, F. Marchesoni, and P. Sodano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2563 (1988); F. Marchesoni, ibid. 73, 2394 (1994). For more recent work and the settling of a controversy involving these authors see M. Büttiker and T. Christen, ibid. 75, 1895 (1995); T. Christen and M. Büttiker, Phys. Rev. E 58, 1533 (1998). S. Habib and G. Lythe, e-print cond-mat/9911228.
34. There is an extensive literature on this topic. The most relevant to our discussion are M. Büttiker and R. Landauer, Phys. Rev. A 23, 1397 (1981); M. Büttiker and H. Thomas, ibid. 37, 235 (1988), P. Hanggi, F. Marchesoni, and P. Sodano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2563 (1988); F. Marchesoni, ibid. 73, 2394 (1994). For more recent work and the settling of a controversy involving these authors see M. Büttiker and T. Christen, ibid. 75, 1895 (1995); T. Christen and M. Büttiker, Phys. Rev. E 58, 1533 (1998). S. Habib and G. Lythe, e-print cond-mat/9911228.
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