Masoliver, Jaume, 1951-Porrà i Rovira, Josep Maria2011-07-072011-07-0719961063-651Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/18872In a recent paper [Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 189 (1995)] we have presented the exact analytical expression for the mean exit time, T(x,v), of a free inertial process driven by Gaussian white noise out of a region (0,L) in space. In this paper we give a detailed account of the method employed and present results on asymptotic properties and averages of T(x,v).14 p.application/pdfeng(c) American Physical Society, 1996Física matemáticaFisica estadísticaTermodinàmicaSorollProcessos estocàsticsMathematical physicsStatistical physicsThermodynamicsNoiseStochastic processesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article99261info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess