Classical Behaviour After a Phase Transition: I. Classical Order Parameters
| dc.creator | Lombardo, F. C. | |
| dc.creator | Rivers, R. J. | |
| dc.creator | Mazzitelli, F. D. | |
| dc.date | 2002-02-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T18:34:13Z | |
| dc.description | We analyze the onset of classical field configurations after a phase transition. Firstly, we motivate the problem by means of a toy model in quantum mechanics. Subsequently, we consider a scalar field theory in which the system-field interacts with its environment, represented both by further scalar fields and by its own short-wavelength modes. We show that, for very rapid quenches, the order parameter can be treated classically by the time that it has achieved its ground state values (spinodal time). | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, 8 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the Peyresq VI, Cosmological inflation and primordial fluctuations. Energy desert and submillimeter gravity, Peyresq, June 2001 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0202042 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0202042 | |
| dc.identifier | Int.J.Theor.Phys. 41 (2002) 2121-2144 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/56442 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.subject | Condensed Matter | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Classical Behaviour After a Phase Transition: I. Classical Order Parameters | |
| dc.type | text |