Baryon Number Diffusion and Instabilities in the Quark/Hadron Phase Transition
| dc.creator | Adams, Fred C. | |
| dc.creator | Freese, Katherine | |
| dc.creator | Langer, J. S. | |
| dc.date | 1992-09-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T19:16:04Z | |
| dc.description | Hadron bubbles that nucleate with radius $R_{nuc}$ in a quark sea (if the phase transition is first order) are shown to be unstable to the growth of nonspherical structure when the bubble radii exceed a critical size of $20 - 10^3$ $R_{nuc}$. This instability is driven by a very thin layer of slowly diffusing excess baryon number that forms on the surface of the bubble wall and limits its growth. This instability occurs on a shorter length scale than those studied previously and these effects can thus be important for both cosmology and heavy ion collisions. | |
| dc.description | 8 pages, UM AC 92-8 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9209229 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9209229 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/63094 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Baryon Number Diffusion and Instabilities in the Quark/Hadron Phase Transition | |
| dc.type | text |