Dynamics of phase transitions induced by a heat bath

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(93)90004-9zbMATH Open0992.82507arXivhep-ph/9304272OpenAlexW2073261408MaRDI QIDQ1967352FDOQ1967352

Authors: Da-Shin Lee, Daniel Boyanovsky 

Publication date: 5 March 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the non-equilibrium dynamics of a symmetry restoring phase transition in a scalar field theory, the ``system, linearly coupled to another scalar field taken as a ``heat bath. The ``system is initially in an ordered low temperature phase, and the heat bath is at a temperature close to the critical temperature for the system. We estimate the time at which the phase transition to the disordered (symmetric) phase takes place. We derive, and integrate the one-loop effective equations of motion for the order parameter that include the effects of the heat bath. A semiclassical Langevin equation is derived and it is found that it contains a non-dissipative, non-Markovian kernel, the noise term is colored and correlated on time scales determined by the temperature of the heat bath. The range of validity of the Langevin equation and a consistent procedure to incorporate corrections are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9304272

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic and nonequilibrium phase transitions (general) in statistical mechanics (82C26) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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