Pseudospectral solution of the Fokker-Planck equation with equilibrium bistable states: the eigenvalue spectrum and the approach to equilibrium

DOI10.1007/S10955-016-1594-9zbMath1354.35159OpenAlexW2517701419MaRDI QIDQ343941

Bernie D. Shizgal

Publication date: 29 November 2016

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-016-1594-9

zbMATH Keywords

Schrödinger equationeigenvalues and eigenfunctionsbistabilityFokker-Planck

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60) Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84)

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Uses Software

• ORTHPOL

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