title: Diffusion in a rough potential.
abstract: Diffusion in a spatially rough one-dimensional potential is treated by analysis of the mean first passage time. A general expression is found for the effective diffusion coefficient, which can become very small at low temperatures.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zwanzig
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D008433:Mathematics