Relaxation problem with quadratic noise (Q1107214)

A linear first-order equation with a quadratic colored noise is considered. An exact one-dimensional probability distribution of the process is obtained from the characteristic function. The characteristic function is calculated by means of special functionals of the noise. An auxiliary set of three ordinary differential equations (which contains a Riccati equation) is solved for all values of parameters of the problem. In peculiar cases, the characteristic function is expressed by elementary functions. Graphs of the probability density function are presented for a few cases. The article is a continuation of the author's previous paper, Exact probability distribution for soluble model with quadratic noise, ibid. 42, 1009-1018 (1986).