Nonequilibrium fluctuation induced escape from a metastable state

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-336

  Chaudhuri, J Ray ^a   Barik, D ^b   Banik, S K ^c  

^a Katwa College   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE RATES; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; NONEQUILIBRIUM FLUCTUATIONS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DAMPING; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

METASTABLE PHASES;

EID: 33847686740     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00061-3     Document Type: Article

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