ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Weak-noise
;
Fokker-Planck
;
Hamilton-Jacobi
;
Melnikov function
;
nonequilibrium
;
nondifferentiable potential
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The stationary probability density of Fokker-Planck models with weak noiseη is asymptotically of the form exp[−1 /ηϕ(q)]. Ifϕ is smooth, it satisfies a Hamilton-Jacobi equation at zero energy and can be interpreted as the action of an associated Hamiltonian system. Under this assumption,ϕ has the properties of a Liapounov function, and can be used, e.g., as a thermodynamic potential in nonequilibrium steady states. We consider systems having several attractors and show, by applying Melnikov's method to the associated Hamiltonian, that in generalϕ is not differentiable. A small perturbation of a model with differentiableϕ leads to a nondifferentiable ϕ. The method is illustrated on a model used in the treatment of the unstable mode in a laser.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01127729
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