Density fluctuations and a first-order chiral phase transition in non-equilibrium
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The thermodynamics of a first-order chiral phase transition is considered in the presence of spinodal phase separation using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the mean field approximation. We focus on the behavior of conserved charge fluctuations. We show that in non-equilibrium the specific heat and charge susceptibilities diverge as the system crosses the isothermal spinodal lines.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0802.2500,
title = {Density fluctuations and a first-order chiral phase transition in non-equilibrium},
author = {C. Sasaki and B. Friman and K. Redlich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2500},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of Chiral07, November 13-16 2007, Osaka, Japan