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Time of Relaxation to a Stationary Nonequilibrium Distribution of Brownian Particles in a System with a Source and a Sink

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We generalize a method for determination of time scales of nonstationary diffusion in a one-dimensional medium. The time of relaxation to a stationary non-equilibrium density of substance in a system with a source, a sink, and an arbitrary potential profile are obtained and studied in detail. A few specific examples are considered.

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  1. N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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Agudov, N.V., Safonov, A.V. Time of Relaxation to a Stationary Nonequilibrium Distribution of Brownian Particles in a System with a Source and a Sink. Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics 46, 73–80 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023643230139

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