Quantifying Rare Events in Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics Using Tensor Networks
Schuyler B. Nicholson, Todd R. Gingrich
Abstract
A new methodology for calculating the rate at which a reaction-diffusion system switches between metastable macrostates provides a tool for understanding how macroscopic patterns arise from microscopic reactions.
Topics & Concepts
MetastabilityStatistical physicsDiffusionReaction–diffusion systemReaction dynamicsStochastic dynamicsDynamics (music)Computer scienceTensor (intrinsic definition)Diffusion MRIPhysicsMathematicsThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsPure mathematicsMedicineRadiologyMoleculeAcousticsMagnetic resonance imagingGene Regulatory Network AnalysisProtein Structure and DynamicsComplex Network Analysis Techniques