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We discuss homogeneous nucleation in a first-order chiral phase transitionwithin an effective field theory approach to low-energy QCD. Exact decay ratesand bubble profiles are obtained numerically and compared to analytic resultsobtained with the thin-wall approximation. The thin-wall approximationoverestimates the nucleation rate for any degree of supercooling. The timescale for critical thermal fluctuations is calculated and compared to typicalexpansion times for high-energy hadronic or heavy-ion collisions. We find thatsignificant supercooling is possible, and the relevant mechanism for phaseconversion might be that of spinodal decomposition. Some potential experimentalsignatures of supercooling, such as an increase in the correlation length ofthe scalar condensate, are also discussed.Comment: 11 pages, latex, 10 figures, revised version added: 2 figures,  references and an extended discussion. Accepted for publication in PR

First-order chiral phase transition in high-energy collisions: Can nucleation prevent spinodal decomposition?