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TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiments on critical phenomena in a noisy exit problem.
AU - Luchinsky, D. G.
AU - Maier, R. S.
AU - Mannella, R.
AU - McClintock, Peter V. E.
AU - Stein, D. L.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We consider a noise-driven exit from a domain of attraction in a two-dimensional bistable system lacking detailed balance. Through analog and digital stochastic simulations, we find a theoretically predicted bifurcation of the most probable exit path as the parameters of the system are changed, and a corresponding nonanalyticity of the generalized activation energy. We also investigate the extent to which the bifurcation is related to the local breaking of time-reversal invariance.
AB - We consider a noise-driven exit from a domain of attraction in a two-dimensional bistable system lacking detailed balance. Through analog and digital stochastic simulations, we find a theoretically predicted bifurcation of the most probable exit path as the parameters of the system are changed, and a corresponding nonanalyticity of the generalized activation energy. We also investigate the extent to which the bifurcation is related to the local breaking of time-reversal invariance.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3109
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3109
M3 - Journal article
VL - 79
SP - 3109
EP - 3112
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 11
ER -