Crossing a large-N phase transition at finite volume

Abstract The existence of phase-separated states is an essential feature of infinite-volume systems with a thermal, first-order phase transition. At energies between those at which the phase transition takes place, equilibrium homogeneous states are either metastable or suffer from a spinodal instab...

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Main Authors: Yago Bea, Oscar J. C. Dias, Thanasis Giannakopoulos, David Mateos, Mikel Sanchez-Garitaonandia, Jorge E. Santos, Miguel Zilhão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2021)061