What is adiabaticity? Suggestions from a fluctuating linear potential

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Bier, Martin ^a   Astumian, R Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrawell relaxation; Kramers rate; Thermally activated escape

Indexed keywords

ADIABATICITY; BROWNIAN PARTICLES; ESCAPE RATE; FLUCTUATING BARRIER; INTRAWELL RELAXATION; LINEAR POTENTIAL; THERMALLY ACTIVATED ESCAPE;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 0041543111     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00611-2     Document Type: Article

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