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Kramers and non-Kramers Phase Transitions in Many-Particle Systems with Dynamical Constraint

Analysis of PDEs 2013-04-09 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study a Fokker-Planck equation with double-well potential that is nonlocally driven by a dynamical constraint and involves two small parameters. Relying on formal asymptotics we identify several parameter regimes and derive reduced dynamical models for different types of phase transitions.

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@article{arxiv.1110.3518,
  title  = {Kramers and non-Kramers Phase Transitions in Many-Particle Systems with Dynamical Constraint},
  author = {Michael Herrmann and Barbara Niethammer and Juan J. L. Velázquez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3518},
  year   = {2013}
}

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33 pages, several figures