Coarse graining and first order phase transitions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-28 v1 Condensed Matter
Abstract
We discuss the dependence of the coarse grained free energy and the classical interface tension on the coarse graining scale . A stable range appears only if the renormalized dimensionless couplings at the critical temperature are small. This gives a quantitative criterion for the validity of computations within Langer's theory of spontaneous bubble nucleation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9610354,
title = {Coarse graining and first order phase transitions},
author = {J. Berges and N. Tetradis and C. Wetterich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9610354},
year = {2009}
}
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14 pages, 5 figures