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Resonances while surmounting a fluctuating barrier. / Iwaniszewski, J.; Kaufman, I. K.; McClintock, Peter V. E. et al.
In: Physical Review E, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2000, p. 1170-1175.

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Iwaniszewski, J, Kaufman, IK, McClintock, PVE & McKane, AJ 2000, 'Resonances while surmounting a fluctuating barrier.', Physical Review E, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 1170-1175. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1170

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Iwaniszewski J, Kaufman IK, McClintock PVE, McKane AJ. Resonances while surmounting a fluctuating barrier. Physical Review E. 2000;61(2):1170-1175. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.1170

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Iwaniszewski, J. ; Kaufman, I. K. ; McClintock, Peter V. E. et al. / Resonances while surmounting a fluctuating barrier. In: Physical Review E. 2000 ; Vol. 61, No. 2. pp. 1170-1175.

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abstract = "Electronic analog experiments on escape over a fluctuating potential barrier are performed for the case when the fluctuations are caused by Ornstein-Uhlenbeck noise (OUN). In its dependence on the relation between the two OUN parameters (the correlation time t and noise strength Q) the nonmonotonic variation of the mean escape time T as a function of t can exhibit either a minimum (resonant activation), or a maximum (inhibition of activation), or both these effects. The possible resonant nature of these features is discussed. We claim that T is not a good quantity to describe the resonancelike character of the problem. Independently of the specific relation between the OUN parameters, the resonance manifests itself as a maximal lowering of the potential barrier during the escape event, and it appears for t of the order of the relaxation time toward the metastable state",
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