The problem of state selection when multiple metastable states compete for occupation is considered for systems that are accelerated far from equilibrium. The dynamics of the supercurrent in a narrow superconducting ring under the influence of an external electric field is used to illustrate the general phenomenology.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9708210,
title = {State Selection in Accelerated Systems},
author = {Martin Tarlie and Ken Elder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9708210},
year = {2008}
}