Transition times and stochastic resonance for multidimensional diffusions with time periodic drift: A large deviations approach

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1851-1892

  Herrmann, Samuel ^a,c   Imkeller, Peter ^b   Peithmann, Dierk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ HENRI POINCARÉ NANCY 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Double well potential; Exit time distribution; Large deviations; Noise induced transition; Optimal tuning; Periodic potential; Perturbed dynamical system; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846888750     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051606000000385     Document Type: Article

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