Model-dependent nature of blowtorch effect on the escape and equilibration rates

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-374

  Fekade, Solomon ^a   Bekele, Mulugeta ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

02.50.Ey Stochastic processes; 05.40. a Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion; 05.40.Jc Brownian motion; 05.60. k Transport processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043198378     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10051-002-8975-3     Document Type: Article

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