%0 Journal Article
%T Switching rates of multi-step reactions
%A Carlos Escudero
%A Alex Kamenev
%J Quantitative Biology
%D 2008
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.041149
%X We consider a switching rate of a meta-stable reaction scheme, which includes reactions with arbitrary steps, e.g. $kA\to(k+r)A$. Employing WKB approximation, controlled by a large system size, we evaluate both the exponent and the pre-exponential factor for the rate. The results are illustrated on a number of examples.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0090v1