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Sharp estimates for metastable lifetimes in parabolic SPDEs: Kramers' law and beyond
We prove a Kramers-type law for metastable transition times for a class of
one-dimensional parabolic stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs)
with bistable potential. The expected transition time between local minima of
the potential energy depends exponentially on the energy barrier to overcome,
with an explicit prefactor related to functional determinants. Our results
cover situations where the functional determinants vanish owing to a
bifurcation, thereby rigorously proving the results of formal computations
announced in [Berglund and Gentz, J. Phys. A 42:052001 (2009)]. The proofs rely
on a spectral Galerkin approximation of the SPDE by a finite-dimensional
system, and on a potential-theoretic approach to the computation of transition
times in finite dimension.Comment: 64 pages, 4 figure
Pathwise description of dynamic pitchfork bifurcations with additive noise
The slow drift (with speed \eps) of a parameter through a pitchfork
bifurcation point, known as the dynamic pitchfork bifurcation, is characterized
by a significant delay of the transition from the unstable to the stable state.
We describe the effect of an additive noise, of intensity , by giving
precise estimates on the behaviour of the individual paths. We show that until
time \sqrt\eps after the bifurcation, the paths are concentrated in a region
of size \sigma/\eps^{1/4} around the bifurcating equilibrium. With high
probability, they leave a neighbourhood of this equilibrium during a time
interval [\sqrt\eps, c\sqrt{\eps\abs{\log\sigma}}], after which they are
likely to stay close to the corresponding deterministic solution. We derive
exponentially small upper bounds for the probability of the sets of exceptional
paths, with explicit values for the exponents.Comment: 47 pages, 3 figure
CSTI Earth-to-orbit propulsion research and technology program overview
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On the noise-induced passage through an unstable periodic orbit I: Two-level model
We consider the problem of stochastic exit from a planar domain, whose
boundary is an unstable periodic orbit, and which contains a stable periodic
orbit. This problem arises when investigating the distribution of noise-induced
phase slips between synchronized oscillators, or when studying stochastic
resonance far from the adiabatic limit. We introduce a simple, piecewise linear
model equation, for which the distribution of first-passage times can be
precisely computed. In particular, we obtain a quantitative description of the
phenomenon of cycling: The distribution of first-passage times rotates around
the unstable orbit, periodically in the logarithm of the noise intensity, and
thus does not converge in the zero-noise limit. We compute explicitly the
cycling profile, which is universal in the sense that in depends only on the
product of the period of the unstable orbit with its Lyapunov exponent.Comment: 32 pages, 7 figure
Hunting French Ducks in a Noisy Environment
We consider the effect of Gaussian white noise on fast-slow dynamical systems
with one fast and two slow variables, containing a folded-node singularity. In
the absence of noise, these systems are known to display mixed-mode
oscillations, consisting of alternating large- and small-amplitude
oscillations. We quantify the effect of noise and obtain critical noise
intensities above which the small-amplitude oscillations become hidden by
fluctuations. Furthermore we prove that the noise can cause sample paths to
jump away from so-called canard solutions with high probability before
deterministic orbits do. This early-jump mechanism can drastically influence
the local and global dynamics of the system by changing the mixed-mode
patterns.Comment: 60 pages, 9 figure
From random Poincar\'e maps to stochastic mixed-mode-oscillation patterns
We quantify the effect of Gaussian white noise on fast--slow dynamical
systems with one fast and two slow variables, which display mixed-mode
oscillations owing to the presence of a folded-node singularity. The stochastic
system can be described by a continuous-space, discrete-time Markov chain,
recording the returns of sample paths to a Poincar\'e section. We provide
estimates on the kernel of this Markov chain, depending on the system
parameters and the noise intensity. These results yield predictions on the
observed random mixed-mode oscillation patterns. Our analysis shows that there
is an intricate interplay between the number of small-amplitude oscillations
and the global return mechanism. In combination with a local saturation
phenomenon near the folded node, this interplay can modify the number of
small-amplitude oscillations after a large-amplitude oscillation. Finally,
sufficient conditions are derived which determine when the noise increases the
number of small-amplitude oscillations and when it decreases this number.Comment: 56 pages, 14 figures; revised versio
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