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Entropy production during an isothermal phase transition in the early Universe
Author(s) -
Kämpfer B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113070403
Subject(s) - physics , entropy production , isothermal process , entropy (arrow of time) , phase transition , supercooling , thermodynamics , statistical physics
Abstract The isothermal confinement transition in the early Universe is treated. For the bag model equation of state a very large entropy production is found at sufficiently large supercooling. This tremendous entropy increase can significantly dilute the primordial monopole or baryon to entropy ratio.