Before revision:  Resonant activation (RA) is a well-studied phenomenon in thermally activated barrier crossing events, where internal noise can constructively facilitate the barrier crossing .
After revision:  In this paper, we proposed a novel strategy to "kill" persister cells by triggering them to switch, in a fast and synchronized way, into normally growing cells that are susceptible to antibiotics. The strategy is based on resonant activation (RA) is a well-studied phenomenon in thermally activated barrier crossing events, where internal noise can constructively facilitate the barrier crossing .