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The low-lying eigenvalues of the generator of a Langevin process are known to satisfy the Eyring–Kramers law in the low temperature regime under suitable assumptions. These eigenvalues are generically real. We construct generators whose spectral gap is given by non-real eigenvalues or by a real eigenvalue having a Jordan block.
Bony et al. (Wed,) studied this question.