Experiments on Critical Phenomena in a Noisy Exit Problem
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2008-02-03 v1
Abstract
We consider noise-driven exit from a domain of attraction in a two-dimensional bistable system lacking detailed balance. Through analog and digital stochastic simulations, we find a theoretically predicted bifurcation of the most probable exit path as the parameters of the system are changed, and a corresponding nonanalyticity of the activation energy. We also investigate the extent to which the bifurcation is related to the local breaking of time-reversal invariance.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9707002,
title = {Experiments on Critical Phenomena in a Noisy Exit Problem},
author = {D. G. Luchinsky and R. S. Maier and R. Mannella and P. V. E. McClintock and D. L. Stein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9707002},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures, REVTEX