title: Escape of a driven particle from a metastable state: A semiclassical approach.
abstract: In this article we explore the dynamics of escape of a particle in the semiclassical regime by driving the particle externally. We demonstrate that under suitable approximations the semiclassical escape rate essentially assumes the structure of classical Kramers rate. Both internal (due to thermal bath) as well as external noises (due to driving) are being considered. The noises are stationary, Gaussian, and are characterized by arbitrary decaying memory kernel. Finally, we subject our formulation to rigorous numerical test under variedly changing conditions of the parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India.
authors.forename: Pradipta
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Anindita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shit
authors.forename: Sudip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Jyotipratim Ray
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D007700:Kinetics; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013816:Thermodynamics