Figure 2
Influence of a steeper and steeper harmonic potential for the closed form compared with a constant harmonic curve for the open form on the crossing point between the two curves. The closed form is represented by a family of harmonic curves on the right and the open form is on the left with just one harmonic curve. It can be seen that the steeper the potential of the closed form, the closer the crossing point to the closed form. At a constant temperature (horizontal line), the amplitude of the movement away from the equilibrium position is smaller for steeper potentials. |