Quantum Subcritical Bubbles
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We quantize subcritical bubbles which are formed in the weakly first order phase transition. We find that the typical size of the thermal fluctuation reduces in the quantum-statistical physics. We estimate the typical size and the amplitude of thermal fluctuations near the critical temperature in the electroweak phase transition using quantum statistical average. Furthermore based on our study, we give implication on the dynamics of phase transition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9606439,
title = {Quantum Subcritical Bubbles},
author = {Tomoko Uesugi and Masahiro Morikawa and Tetsuya Shiromizu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9606439},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Latex file, 9pp, to be published in Progress of Theoretical Physics