We investigate the escape behavior of systems governed by the one-dimensional nonlinear Kramers' equation δW/δt = -vδW/δx + (f'(x)/m)(δW/δv) + γδ(vW)/δv + (γκBT/m)(δ2W^μ/δv^2), where f(...We investigate the escape behavior of systems governed by the one-dimensional nonlinear Kramers' equation δW/δt = -vδW/δx + (f'(x)/m)(δW/δv) + γδ(vW)/δv + (γκBT/m)(δ2W^μ/δv^2), where f(x) is a metastable potential and μ an anomalous exponent. We obtain an expression for the transition state theory escape rate, whose predictions are in good agreement with numerical simulations. The results exhibit the anomalies due to the nonlinearity in W that the TST rate grows with T and drops as μbecomes large at a fixed T. Indeed, particles in the subdiffusive media (μ 〉 1) can escape over the barrier only when T is above a critical value, while there does not exist this confinement in the superdiffusive media (μ 〈 1).展开更多
文摘We investigate the escape behavior of systems governed by the one-dimensional nonlinear Kramers' equation δW/δt = -vδW/δx + (f'(x)/m)(δW/δv) + γδ(vW)/δv + (γκBT/m)(δ2W^μ/δv^2), where f(x) is a metastable potential and μ an anomalous exponent. We obtain an expression for the transition state theory escape rate, whose predictions are in good agreement with numerical simulations. The results exhibit the anomalies due to the nonlinearity in W that the TST rate grows with T and drops as μbecomes large at a fixed T. Indeed, particles in the subdiffusive media (μ 〉 1) can escape over the barrier only when T is above a critical value, while there does not exist this confinement in the superdiffusive media (μ 〈 1).