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    Metastability : a potential theoretic approach
    (Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, 2005) Bovier, Anton
    Metastability is an ubiquitous phenomenon of the dynamical behaviour of complex systems. In this talk, I describe recent attempts towards a model-independent approach to metastability in the context of reversible Markov processes. I will present an outline of a general theory, based on careful use of potential theoretic ideas and indicate a number of concrete examples where this theory was used very successfully. I will also indicate some challenges for future work.