Experiments on critical phenomena in a noisy exit problem.

Luchinsky, D. G. and Maier, R. S. and Mannella, R. and McClintock, Peter V. E. and Stein, D. L. (1997) Experiments on critical phenomena in a noisy exit problem. Physical review letters, 79 (11). pp. 3109-3112. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

We consider a noise-driven exit from a domain of attraction in a two-dimensional bistable system lacking detailed balance. Through analog and digital stochastic simulations, we find a theoretically predicted bifurcation of the most probable exit path as the parameters of the system are changed, and a corresponding nonanalyticity of the generalized activation energy. We also investigate the extent to which the bifurcation is related to the local breaking of time-reversal invariance.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical review letters
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? physics and astronomy(all)qc physics ??
ID Code:
32050
Deposited On:
09 Mar 2010 09:19
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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31 Dec 2023 00:17