Fluctuations at Phase Transitions

1994/06/13 by R. J. Rivers, Rivers, R. J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9406297

17 pages, LaTeX, Imperial/TP/93-94/39

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Abstract

We use the closed time-path formalism to calculate fluctuations at phase transitions, both in and out of equilibrium. Specifically, we consider the creation of vortices by fluctuations, of relevance to the early universe and to ⁴He superfluidity. (Invited talk to Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Electroweak Physics and the Early Universe, Sintra (Portugal), March 1994)

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