Masoliver, Jaume, 1951-West, B. J.Lindenberg, Katja2009-09-252009-09-2519871050-2947https://hdl.handle.net/2445/9435Herein we present a calculation of the mean first-passage time for a bistable one-dimensional system driven by Gaussian colored noise of strength D and correlation time ¿c. We obtain quantitative agreement with experimental analog-computer simulations of this system. We disagree with some of the conclusions reached by previous investigators. In particular, we demonstrate that all available approximations that lead to a state-dependent diffusion coefficient lead to the same result for small D¿c.9 p.application/pdfeng(c) The American Physical Society, 1987Fluctuacions (Física)Mecànica estadísticaSorollEquació de Fokker-PlanckFluctuations (Physics)Statistical mechanicsNoiseFokker-Planck equationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article33510info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess