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Phenomenological models of cosmic phase transitions II. Application of the classical nucleation theory
Author(s) -
Kämpfer B.
Publication year - 1988
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.2113090602
Subject(s) - nucleation , supercooling , isotropy , classical nucleation theory , phase transition , physics , homogeneous , cosmic cancer database , surface tension , phenomenological model , thermal , phase (matter) , theoretical physics , thermodynamics , statistical physics , classical mechanics , condensed matter physics , astrophysics , quantum mechanics
Classical nucleation theory is applied to follow the thermal history of a homogeneous and isotropic universe during a first‐order phase transition. The dependence of possible supercooling and reheating scenarios on the surface tension and growth velocity of bubbles is discussed.