Kramers escape rate in overdamped systems with the power-law distribution
Statistical Mechanics
2015-08-10 v2 Chemical Physics
Abstract
Kramers escape rate in the overdamped systems with the power-law distribution is studied. By using the mean first passage time, we derive the escape rate for the power-law distribution and obtain the Kramers' infinite barrier escape rate in this case. It is shown that the escape rate for the power-law distribution extends the Kramers' overdamped result to the relatively low barrier. Furthermore, we apply the escape rate for the power-law distribution to the unfolding of titin and show a better agreement with the experimental rate than the traditional escape rate.
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@article{arxiv.1402.2192,
title = {Kramers escape rate in overdamped systems with the power-law distribution},
author = {Yanjun Zhou and Jiulin Du},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.2192},
year = {2015}
}
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12 pages, 1 figure