# STOCHASTIC EFFECTS IN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

@article{Miguel2000STOCHASTICEI,
title={STOCHASTIC EFFECTS IN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS},
author={M. S. Miguel and R. Toral},
journal={arXiv: Condensed Matter},
year={2000},
pages={35-127}
}
• Published 2000
• Physics
• arXiv: Condensed Matter
The study of the effects of noise and fluctuations is a well established subject in several different disciplines ranging from pure mathematics (stochastic processes) to physics (fluctuations) and electrical engineering (noise and radiophysics). In traditional statistical physics, fluctuations are of thermal origin giving rise to small departures from a mean value. They tend to zero as one approaches the thermodynamic limit in which different statistical descriptions (different ensembles… Expand
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