Sharp asymptotics for Kawasaki dynamics on a finite box with open boundary

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-310

  Bovier, A ^a,b   Den Hollander, F ^c   Nardi, F R ^d  

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

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c EURANDOM   (Netherlands)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacity; Critical droplet; Dirichlet form; Discrete isoperimetric inequalities; Kawasaki dynamics; Lattice gas; Metastability; Potential theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645138150     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-005-0460-5     Document Type: Article

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