@article{Shneidman2023Comment,
  author = {Vitaly A. Shneidman},
  title = {Comment on “Short-time dynamics of noise-induced escapes and transitions in overdamped systems” by Soskin et al., Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics \& Optoelectronics, 2022. 25, No 3. P. 262–274},
  journal = {Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics \& Optoelectronics},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {26},
  number = {3},
  pages = {352--354},
  doi = {10.15407/spqeo26.03.352},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo26.03.352},
  abstract = {I clarify the reasons for the observed discrepancy between the numerical simulations of noise induced escape in a quartic potential by Soskin et al., and the weak noise matched asymptotic solution (MAS) of the time dependent Smoluchowski equation obtained earlier [V. Shneidman, Phys. Rev. E56, 5257 (1997)]. A minor typo – sign of a constant – is corrected and the MAS is also extended beyond the top of the barrier into the second well. Once numerics is performed for a higher barrier, the correspondence with analytics is restored.},
  keywords = {numerical simulations, quartic potential, matched asymptotic solution}
}