From ballistic to diffusive behavior in periodic potentials

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-202

  Hairer, M ^a   Pavliotis, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Hypocoercivity; Hypoelliptic diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749089200     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-008-9493-3     Document Type: Article

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