The influence of external noise on non-equilibrium phase transitions

The method of Ito stochastic differential equations is used to analyze the influence of external noise in non-equilibrium phase transitions. It is found that external noise deeply affects the behaviour of the system and gives rise to new phenomena not predicted by the deterministic analysis.

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