Affiliation:
1. Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
Abstract
We analyze the statistics of skipping events in a deterministic and a noisy thermoreceptor within the model developed by Braun et al (Int. J. Bif. Chaos 8 881 (1998)). The statistics of skips can be captured by an intermittent map, which, for sufficient noise, can be approximated by a one-step Markov process with transition amplitudes that depend on the noise intensity. The theoretical and model results are in reasonable agreement with experimental data on cat coldreceptors.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Mathematics