Abstract
The escape of Brownian motion through a narrow absorbing window in an otherwise reflecting boundary of a domain is a rare event. In the presence of a deep potential well, there are two long time scales, the mean escape time from the well and the mean time to reach the absorbing window. We derive a generalized Kramers formula for the mean escape time through the narrow window.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 020103 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability