Domain Growth in Chiral Phase Transitions
Abstract
We investigate the kinetics of chiral phase transitions in quark matter. We discuss the phase diagram of this system in both a microscopic framework (using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model) and a phenomenological framework (using a Landau free energy). Then, we study the far-from-equilibrium coarsening dynamics subsequent to a quench from the chirally-symmetric phase to the massive quark phase. Depending on the nature of the quench, the system evolves via either {\it spinodal decomposition} or {\it nucleation and growth}. The morphology of the ordering system is characterized using the order-parameter correlation function, structure factor, domain growth laws, etc.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.0500,
title = {Domain Growth in Chiral Phase Transitions},
author = {Awaneesh Singh and Sanjay Puri and Hiranmaya Mishra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0500},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
40 pages with 14 figures, references added, introduction and discussions extended; version to appear in Nuclear Physics A