DYNAMICAL GROWTH-RATE OF A DIFFUSE INTERFACE IN 1ST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS

Authors
VENUGOPALAN R VISCHER AP
Citation
R. Venugopalan et Ap. Vischer, DYNAMICAL GROWTH-RATE OF A DIFFUSE INTERFACE IN 1ST-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 49(6), 1994, pp. 5849-5852
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
49
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Part
B
Pages
5849 - 5852
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)49:6<5849:DGOADI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We compute the dynamical prefactor in the nucleation rate of bubbles o r droplets in first-order phase transitions for the case where both vi scous damping and thermal dissipation are significant. This result, wh ich generalizes previous work on nucleation, may be applied to study t he growth of bubbles or droplets in condensed matter systems as well a s in heavy ion collisions and in the expansion of the early universe.