Potential Energy & Particle
Position Time Series & Histogram
Temperature
0.5
Higher temperature → more frequent barrier crossings
Potential Parameters
1.0
1.0
Dynamics
2.0
Statistics
0.00
Position x
0.00
Potential U(x)
0
Barrier Crossings
0.0
Time
About
The Langevin equation describes a particle subject to friction and random thermal kicks. In a double-well potential, the particle can hop between minima at a rate governed by the Arrhenius law: rate ∝ exp(-ΔU/kT).