BUBBLE FREE-ENERGY IN COSMOLOGICAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS

Authors
IGNATIUS J
Citation
J. Ignatius, BUBBLE FREE-ENERGY IN COSMOLOGICAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS, Physics letters. Section B, 309(3-4), 1993, pp. 252-257
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
309
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
252 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1993)309:3-4<252:BFICP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Free energy as a function of temperature and the bubble radius is dete rmined for spherical bubbles created in cosmological first order phase transitions. The phase transition is assumed to be driven by an order parameter (e.g. a Higgs field) with quartic potential.