Kramers' formula for chemical reactions in the context of Wasserstein gradient flows

DOI10.4310/CMS.2011.V9.N2.A15MaRDI QIDQ548459zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Michael Herrmann, Barbara Niethammer

Publication date 28 June 2011

Published in Communications in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3658, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cms/1305034472

zbMATH Keywords

Fokker-Planck equationWasserstein gradient flowRayleigh principleKramers' formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30)

Abstract: We derive Kramers' formula as singular limit of the Fokker-Planck equation with double-well potential. The convergence proof is based on the Rayleigh principle of the underlying Wasserstein gradient structure and complements a recent result by Peletier, Savar'e and Veneroni.

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