Tunneling and Metastability of Continuous Time Markov Chains

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1065-1114

  Beltran J ^a,b   Landim, C ^c,d  

^a IMCA   (Peru)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c IMPA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Markov processes; Metastability; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956189160     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-010-0030-9     Document Type: Article

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