On the lifetime of a metastable state at low noise

B. J. Matkowsky; Z. Schuss

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(83)90606-0

On the lifetime of a metastable state at low noise

B. J. Matkowsky^*, Z. Schuss

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The mean lifetime of a metastable state of a dynamical system driven by small noise is calculated. The vector field of the dynamical system which need not be deriveble from a potential, is assumed to have a vanishing normal component on the boundary of the domain of attraction of the metastable state.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	213-215
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physics Letters A
Volume	95
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(83)90606-0
State	Published - May 2 1983
Externally published	Yes

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