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Kramers escape rate

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For weak noise D in a one-dimensional potential ϕ, escape from a minimum m across a neighboring maximum M occurs at leading rate
k=2π∣ϕ′′(m)ϕ′′(M)∣​​e−[ϕ(M)−ϕ(m)]/D.
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