TY - JOUR
T1 - Domain wall dynamics of phase interfaces
AU - Csernai, L. P.
AU - Kapusta, J. I.
AU - Osnes, E.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The statics and dynamics of a surface separating two phases of a relativistic quantum field theory at or near the critical temperature typically make use of a free energy as a functional of an order parameter. This free energy functional also affords an economical description of states away from equilibrium. The similarities and differences between using a scalar field as the order parameter versus the energy density are examined, and a peculiarity is noted. We also point out several conceptual errors in the literature dealing with the dynamical prefactor in the nucleation rate.
AB - The statics and dynamics of a surface separating two phases of a relativistic quantum field theory at or near the critical temperature typically make use of a free energy as a functional of an order parameter. This free energy functional also affords an economical description of states away from equilibrium. The similarities and differences between using a scalar field as the order parameter versus the energy density are examined, and a peculiarity is noted. We also point out several conceptual errors in the literature dealing with the dynamical prefactor in the nucleation rate.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.045003
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.045003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037441179
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 67
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 4
ER -