Decay of a metastable state activated by non-Gaussian noise: A critical review of the generalized Kramers problem

Sukhorukov, Eugene; Jordan, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.023

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English

Decay of a metastable state activated by non-Gaussian noise: A critical review of the generalized Kramers problem

ContributorsSukhorukov, Eugene; Jordan, Andrew

Published inPhysica. E, Low-dimensional systems and nanostructures, vol. 42, no. 3, p. 550-554

Publication date2010

Abstract

We review the problem of the noise activated escape from a metastable state in the presence of non-Gaussian noise, and present connections between various theoretical approaches. We also respond to criticism of our work by Tomáš Novotný [–J. Stat. Mech. (2009) P 01050] concerning the weak damping limit. The discrepancy between our results is linked to approximations made by Novotný.

Keywords

Shot noise
Non-Gaussianity
Threshold noise detectors
Kramers' problem

Affiliation

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique théorique

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SUKHORUKOV, Eugene, JORDAN, Andrew. Decay of a metastable state activated by non-Gaussian noise: A critical review of the generalized Kramers problem. In: Physica. E, Low-dimensional systems and nanostructures, 2010, vol. 42, n° 3, p. 550–554. doi: 10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.023

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PID : unige:36334
DOI : 10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.023

Commercial URLhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1386947709002471

ISSN of the journal1386-9477

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