On phase ordering behind the propagating front of a second-order transition
| Autor: | Grigory Volovik, T. W. B. Kibble |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
Phase transition Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Condensed matter physics Condensed Matter (cond-mat) Phase ordering Front (oceanography) Nucleation Phase (waves) FOS: Physical sciences Order (ring theory) Condensed Matter Topological defect High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) Symmetry breaking |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters. 65:102-107 |
| ISSN: | 1090-6487 0021-3640 |
| DOI: | 10.1134/1.567332 |
| Popis: | In a real system the heating is nonuniform and a second-order phase transition into a broken symmetry phase occurs by propagation of the temperature front. Two parameters, the cooling rate $\tau_Q$ and the velocity $v_T$ of the transition front, determine the nucleation of topological defects. Depending on the relation of these parameters two regimes are found: in the regime of fast propagation defects are created according to the Zurek scenario for the homogeneous case, while in the slow propagation regime vortex formation is suppressed. Comment: LaTeX file, 9 pages, no figures, submitted to JETP Lett |
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