2003/10/31 by Bartlomiej Dybiec, Ewa Gudowska-Nowak
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.stat-mech
published as Fluctuations and Noise Letters 4, L273 (2004) · 9 pages, 7 figures, RevTeX4
arxiv created 2004/10/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The constructive role of non-Gaussian random fluctuations is studied in the context of the passage over the dichotomously switching potential barrier. Our attention focuses on the interplay of the effects of independent sources of fluctuations: an additive stable noise representing non-equilibrium external random force acting on the system and a fluctuating barrier. In particular, the influence of the structure of stable noises on the mean escape time and on the phenomenon of resonant activation (RA) is investigated. By use of the numerical Monte Carlo method it is documented that the suitable choice of the barrier switching rate and random external fields may produce resonant phenomenon leading to the enhancement of the kinetics and the shortest, most efficient reaction time.