Nonstationary Brownian motion in a bistable potential

Vitaly A. Shneidman

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(90)90336-M

Nonstationary Brownian motion in a bistable potential

Vitaly A. Shneidman

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We consider Brownian motion of a classical noninertial particle in a double-well potential with a high separation barrier. We obtain asymptotically exact expressions for Laplace images of the distribution function and reconstruct its time dependence under various initial conditions concerning decay problems for unstable and metastable states.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	275-278
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	143
Issue number	6-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(90)90336-M
State	Published - Jan 22 1990
Externally published	Yes

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