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Stochastic bistable systems, and competing hysteresis and phase coexistence

Statistical Mechanics 2019-11-25 v1 Soft Condensed Matter Chaotic Dynamics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

In this paper we describe the solution of a stochastic bistable system from a dynamical perspective. We show how a single framework with variable noise can explain hysteresis at zero temperature and two-state coexistence in the presence of noise. This feature is similar to the phase transition of thermodynamics. Our mathematical model for bistable systems also explains how the width of a hysteresis loop shrinks in the presence of noise, and how variation in initial conditions can take such systems to different final states.

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@article{arxiv.1902.03991,
  title  = {Stochastic bistable systems, and competing hysteresis and phase coexistence},
  author = {Mahendra K. Verma and Abhishek Kumar and Adhip Pattanayak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.03991},
  year   = {2019}
}
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