A scaling theory of bifurcations in the symmetric weak-noise escape problem.

DOI10.1007/BF02183736zbMath1081.82583arXivcond-mat/9506097WikidataQ62796141 ScholiaQ62796141MaRDI QIDQ1593406

Robert S. Maier, Daniel L. Stein

Publication date: 16 January 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9506097

zbMATH Keywords

Fokker-Planck equation; Wentzell-Freidlin theory; boundary layer; WKB approximation; Smoluchowski equation; weak noise; Lagrangian manifold; caustics; Pearcey function; stochastic exit problem; singular perturbation theory; large deviation theory; non-Arrhenius behavior; stochastic escape problem; stochastically perturbed dynamical systems; double well; large fluctuations; Maslov-WKB method; nongeneric caustics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82C05: Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general)

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