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Path integral solutions for non-Markovian processes

Peter Hänggi
- 01 Jun 1989 - 
- Vol. 75, Iss: 2, pp 275-281
TLDR
In this article, a path integral solution for a nonlinear stochastic flow driven by Markovian or non-Markovian colored noise ζ(t) is presented.
Abstract
For a nonlinear stochastic flow driven by Markovian or non-Markovian colored noise ζ(t) we present the path integral solution for the single-event probabilityp(x,t). The solution has the structure of a complex-valued double path integral. Explicit formulas for the action functional, i.e., the non-Markovian Onsager-Machlup functional, are derived for the case that ζ(t) is characterized by a stationary Gaussian process. Moreover, we derive explicit results for (generalized) Poissonian colored shot noise ζ(t). The use of the path integral solution is elucidated by a weak noise analysis of the WKB-type. As a simple application, we consider stochastic bistability driven by colored noise with an extremely long correlation time.

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