THERMALLY DRIVEN ESCAPE WITH FLUCTUATING POTENTIALS - A NEW-TYPE OF RESONANT ACTIVATION

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作者
REIMANN, P
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[1] Limburgs Universitair Centrum
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4576
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The mean escape time T̄ for thermal diffusion in a fluctuating metastable potential is investigated. A new type of "resonant activation" (minimum of T̄ as a function of the correlation time τ of the potential fluctuations) is predicted analytically, explained in simple terms, and confirmed numerically. In its pure form it generically occurs for potentials without fluctuations near the barrier and the well. The effect is dominated by a minimum in the exponentially leading Arrhenius factor at a correlation time τ that stays finite for asymptotically small thermal and potential fluctuations. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:4576 / 4579
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