Supersymmetry and the Bistable Fokker-Planck Equation

Marc Bernstein and Lowell S. Brown
Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1933 – Published 28 May 1984
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Abstract

The approach to equilibrium in a bistable system is governed by a small eigenvalue which appears to be difficult to compute. We show that supersymmetry makes possible an easy evaluation of this eigenvalue.

  • Received 8 March 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1933

©1984 American Physical Society

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Marc Bernstein and Lowell S. Brown

  • Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

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Comment on "Supersymmetry and the Bistable Fokker-Planck Equation"

Saul T. Epstein
Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 1299 (1984)

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Vol. 52, Iss. 22 — 28 May 1984

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