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Stochastic resonance: from climate to biology
Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
Invited contribution by R. Benzi, recipient of the EGU Lewis Fry Richardson Medal 2006
Abstract. In this lecture, I will review some basic aspects of the mechanism of stochastic resonance, first introduced as a possible mechanism to explain long term climatic variation. Since then, there have been many applications of stochastic resonance in physical and biological systems. I will show that in complex system, stochastic resonance can substantially change as a function of the "system complexity". Also, I will briefly mention how to apply stochastic resonance for the case of Brownian motors.
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Citation: Benzi, R.: Stochastic resonance: from climate to biology, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 17, 431-441, doi:10.5194/npg-17-431-2010, 2010. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
