A sample-paths approach to noise-induced synchronization: Stochastic resonance in a double-well potential

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1419-1470

  Berglund, Nils ^a,b   Gentz, Barbara ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive noise; Concentration of measure; Double well potential; Noise induced synchronization; Nonautonomous stochastic differential equations; Pathwise description; Random dynamical systems; Singular perturbations; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036441370     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1037125869     Document Type: Article

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