Escape-field distribution for escape from a metastable potential well subject to a steadily increasing bias field

Anupam Garg
Phys. Rev. B 51, 15592 – Published 1 June 1995
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Abstract

The first two moments of the escape-field distribution are evaluated for a particle in a steadily ramped potential. Implications for macroscopic quantum tunneling are discussed.

  • Received 6 January 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.15592

©1995 American Physical Society

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Anupam Garg

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

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Vol. 51, Iss. 21 — 1 June 1995

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