The idea that particles can surmount the walls of potential wells to escape from them is so familiar that the complexity of attempts to broaden the problem is a surprise.
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Maddox, J. Surmounting fluctuating barriers. Nature 359, 771 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/359771a0
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