title: Kramers problem for a multiwell potential
abstract: Fluctuational escape from a multiwell potential is shown to display new features, as compared to the conventional single-well case. The flux J may depend on friction gamma exponentially strongly, over an exponentially long period; for small enough temperatures, J(gamma) undergoes marked oscillations in the range of small gamma, and the time evolution of J changes drastically as gamma exceeds a critical value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom and Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, Postbus 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arrayas
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Luchinsky
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: McClintock
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Soskin