Mean exit times over fluctuating barriers

D. L. Stein; R. G. Palmer; J. L. Van Hemmen; Charles R. Doering

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Mean exit times over fluctuating barriers

D. L. Stein, R. G. Palmer, J. L. Van Hemmen, Charles R. Doering

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We investigate the problem of thermal activation over a fluctuating barrier. Three regimes are considered: the fluctuations slow compared to the mean crossing time τ_A of the average barrier height, fluctuations on roughly the same timescale as τ_A, and fluctuations extremely fast compared to τ_A. In the latter two cases, the mean barrier crossing time is reduced. The relevance of these results to a variety of problems in complex systems is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	353-357
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	136
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(89)90414-3
State	Published - Apr 17 1989

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