Noise-Activated Escape from a Sloshing Potential Well

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dc.creatorMaier, Robert S.
dc.creatorStein, D. L.
dc.date2000-06-08
dc.date2000-08-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:37:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:37:51Z
dc.descriptionWe treat the noise-activated escape from a one-dimensional potential well of an overdamped particle, to which a periodic force of fixed frequency is applied. We determine the boundary layer behavior, and the physically relevant length scales, near the oscillating well top. We show how stochastic behavior near the well top generalizes the behavior first determined by Kramers, in the case without forcing. Both the case when the forcing dies away in the weak noise limit, and the case when it does not, are examined. We also discuss the relevance of various scaling regimes to recent optical trap experiments.
dc.description9 pages, no figures, REVTeX, expanded version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006120
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006120
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 3942
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3942
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16451
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleNoise-Activated Escape from a Sloshing Potential Well
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