RAYLEIGH-RITZ CALCULATION OF EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM

Citation
Fj. Alexander et Gl. Eyink, RAYLEIGH-RITZ CALCULATION OF EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM, Physical review letters, 78(1), 1997, pp. 1-4
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 4
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:1<1:RCOEPF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We demonstrate the utility of a Rayleigh-Ritz scheme recently proposed to compute the nonequilibrium effective potential nonperturbatively i n a strong noise regime far from equilibrium. A simple Kramers model o f an ionic conductor is used to illustrate the efficiency of the metho d.