Title: Metastable dynamics of a stochastic wave equation
Abstract: Consider a wave equation with a symmetric double-well potential. Stochastic forcing makes its solution occasionally jump between the two potential minima. How often will it jump in the small-noise limit? I will sketch main ideas of the computation, and outline how it differs from the better-understood parabolic case.
Based on recent preprint (arXiv:2410.03495) with Nikolay Barashkov.
