Noise-induced effects in nonlinear relaxation of condensed matter systems

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 412-424

  Spagnolo, B ^a,b,c   Valenti, D ^a   Guarcello, C ^a,c   Carollo, A ^a   Persano Adorno, D ^a   Spezia, S ^a   Pizzolato, N ^a   Di Paola, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Josephson junction; Noise enhanced stability; Noise processes and phenomena; Resonant activation; Spin polarised transport in semiconductors; Stochastic analysis methods

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GRAPHENE; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SINE-GORDON EQUATION; SOLITONS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

JOSEPHSON-JUNCTION; NOISE ENHANCED STABILITY; NOISE PROCESS; RESONANT ACTIVATION; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS;

EID: 84948715037     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2015.07.023     Document Type: Article

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