We investigate the time-dependent probability for a Brownian particle passing over the barrier to stay at a metastable potential pocket against escaping over the barrier. This is related to the whole fusion-fission dy...We investigate the time-dependent probability for a Brownian particle passing over the barrier to stay at a metastable potential pocket against escaping over the barrier. This is related to the whole fusion-fission dynamical process and can be called the reverse Kramers problem. By the passing probability over the saddle point of an inverse harmonic potential multiplying the exponential decay factor of a particle in the metastable potential, we present an approximate expression for the modified passing probability over the barrier, in which the effect of the reflection boundary of the potential is taken into account. Our analytical result and Langevin Monte-Carlo simulation show that the probability of passing and against escaping over the barrier is a non-monotonous function of time and its maximal value is less than the stationary result of the passing probability over the saddle point of an inverse harmonic potential.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(11175021)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(20120003110025)
文摘We investigate the time-dependent probability for a Brownian particle passing over the barrier to stay at a metastable potential pocket against escaping over the barrier. This is related to the whole fusion-fission dynamical process and can be called the reverse Kramers problem. By the passing probability over the saddle point of an inverse harmonic potential multiplying the exponential decay factor of a particle in the metastable potential, we present an approximate expression for the modified passing probability over the barrier, in which the effect of the reflection boundary of the potential is taken into account. Our analytical result and Langevin Monte-Carlo simulation show that the probability of passing and against escaping over the barrier is a non-monotonous function of time and its maximal value is less than the stationary result of the passing probability over the saddle point of an inverse harmonic potential.
