Nonuniversality of nucleation kinetics following a finite rate quench

Authors
Shneidman, VA
Citation
Va. Shneidman, Nonuniversality of nucleation kinetics following a finite rate quench, PHYS REV E, 59(4), 1999, pp. 4441-4444
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4441 - 4444
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199904)59:4<4441:NONKFA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Nucleation fluxes and numbers of nuclei are evaluated as functions of time and the quench rate, q, using asymptotic technique. In contrast to predicti ons of conventional (adiabatic) nucleation descriptions with the number of quenched-in nuclei scaling as q(-1), a different scaling q(-alpha) is obser ved with nonuniversal, model-dependent values of alpha<1.