Unstable decay and state selection

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/31/3/002MaRDI QIDQ4703825zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Tarlie, Alan J. McKane

Publication date 1 December 1999

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9708123

zbMATH Keywords

path-integral techniquesstate selectionstate-selection probabilitiesunstable stationary state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

Abstract: We consider the problem of state selection for a stochastic system, initially in an unstable stationary state, when multiple metastable states compete for occupation. Using path-integral techniques we derive remarkably simple and accurate formulas for state-selection probabilities. The method is sufficiently general that it is applicable to a wide variety of problems.

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