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On Metastability in Nearly-Elastic Systems
Asymptotic Analysis
  • Wenqing Hu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

We consider a nearly-elastic model system with one degree of freedom. In each collision with the "wall", the system can either lose or gain a small amount of energy due to stochastic perturbation. The weak limit of the corresponding slow motion, which is a stochastic process on a graph, is calculated. A large deviation type asymptotics and the metastability of the system are also considered.

Department(s)
Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords and Phrases
  • Asymptotics,
  • Averaging,
  • Degree of freedom,
  • Large deviations,
  • Metastabilities,
  • Model system,
  • Random Walk,
  • Slow motion,
  • Stochastic perturbations,
  • Asymptotic analysis,
  • Mathematical techniques,
  • Markov processes,
  • Averaging,
  • Large deviations,
  • Markov processes on graphs,
  • Metastability,
  • Random walk
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 IOS Press and the authors, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publication Date
01 Jan 2012
Citation Information
Wenqing Hu. "On Metastability in Nearly-Elastic Systems" Asymptotic Analysis Vol. 79 Iss. 2019-01-02 (2012) p. 65 - 86 ISSN: 0921-7134
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wenqing-hu/7/