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Stochastic resonance in perspective

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Il Nuovo Cimento D

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We outline the historical development of stochastic resonance (SR), a phenomenon in which the signal and/or the signal-to-noise ratio in a nonlinear system increase with increasing intensity of noise. We discuss basic theoretical ideas explaining and describing SR, and we review some revealing experimental data that place SR within the wider context of statistical physics. We emphasize the close relationship of SR to some effects that are well known in condensed-matter physics.

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    Present address: Department of Engineering, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 48824-1116, East Lansing, MI, USA

    M. I. Dykman

  2. All Russian Research Institute for Metrological Service, Andreevskaya nab. 2, 117965, Moscow, Russia

    D. G. Luchinsky

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    R. Mannella

  4. School of Physics and Chemistry, Lancaster University, LA1 4YB, Lancaster, UK

    P. V. E. McClintock, N. D. Stein & N. G. Stocks

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Dykman, M.I., Luchinsky, D.G., Mannella, R. et al. Stochastic resonance in perspective. Il Nuovo Cimento D 17, 661–683 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02451825

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