Diffusion over a saddle with a Langevin equation

Yasuhisa Abe, David Boilley, Bertrand G. Giraud, Takahiro Wada
2000 Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics  
The diffusion problem over a saddle is studied using a multi-dimensional Langevin equation. An analytical solution is derived for a quadratic potential and the probability to pass over the barrier deduced. A very simple solution is given for the one dimension problem and a general scheme is shown for higher dimensions.
doi:10.1103/physreve.61.1125 pmid:11046383 fatcat:armjpox2tvfqlgm5vw7fmhb5tm