The mean relaxation time formalism introduced by Nadler and Schulten [J. Chem. Phys. 82, 151 (1985)] in their generalized moment expansion method is extended to a general diffusion process in arbitrary dimensions. The utility of the approach is demonstrated by calculating analytically the rate of noise-induced transitions in a bistable system...
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May 5, 2020 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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March 28, 2017 (v1)Publication
We present a procedure to systematically evaluate all the moments of the Fokker-Planck equation by expanding them in a power series in a given function of t. The expansion coefficients are easily determined in terms of algebraic recursion relations. Applications to a linear Fokker-Planck equation, as well as to a truly nonlinear mean-field...
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March 28, 2017 (v1)Publication
An iterative method to generate a discrete path integral solution of the Kramers problem is presented. It is based on a straightforward derivation of the functional formalism from the underlying Langevin equations. The method is rather simple and systematic and allows us to analytically evaluate the short time propagator up to and including...
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April 30, 2020 (v1)Publication
The Kramers theory for the thermally activated rate of escape of a Brownian particle from a potential well is extended to a barrier of arbitrary shape. The extension is based on an approximate solution of the underlying Fokker–Planck equation in the spatial diffusion regime. With the use of the Mel'nikov–Meshkov result for the underdamped...
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