Combined Influence of Off-diagonal System Tensors and Potential Valley Returning of the Optimal Path

Abstract

The two-dimensional barrier passage is studied in the framework of Langevin statistical reactive dynamics. The optimal incident angle for a particle diffusing in the dissipative non-orthogonal environment with various strengths of coupling between the two degrees of freedom is systematically calculated. The optimal diffusion path of the particle in a non-Ohmic damping system is revealed to have a probability to return to the potential valley under the combined influence of the off-diagonal system tensors.