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Goldstone modes in vacuum decay and first-order phase transitions

Goldstone modes in vacuum decay and first-order phase transitions
Goldstone modes in vacuum decay and first-order phase transitions
We introduce effective Hamiltonians for Goldstone modes of the Euclidean group, representing fluctuations in the surface of a critical droplet or in the interface between two phases. The Euclidean invariance is non-linearly realised on the Goldstone fields. The Hamiltonians are non-renormalisable in more than one dimension, showing that the disappearance of a phase transition in one dimension for systems with a discrete symmetry may be interpreted in terms of the infrared instabilities induced by these modes. The existence and form of these Hamiltonians indicates the universality of the essential singularity at a first-order phase transition in models with Euclidean invariance.
0305-4470
1755-1767
Gunther, N J
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Nicole, D A
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Wallace, D J
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Gunther, N J
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Nicole, D A
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Wallace, D J
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Gunther, N J, Nicole, D A and Wallace, D J (1980) Goldstone modes in vacuum decay and first-order phase transitions. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 13, 1755-1767.

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We introduce effective Hamiltonians for Goldstone modes of the Euclidean group, representing fluctuations in the surface of a critical droplet or in the interface between two phases. The Euclidean invariance is non-linearly realised on the Goldstone fields. The Hamiltonians are non-renormalisable in more than one dimension, showing that the disappearance of a phase transition in one dimension for systems with a discrete symmetry may be interpreted in terms of the infrared instabilities induced by these modes. The existence and form of these Hamiltonians indicates the universality of the essential singularity at a first-order phase transition in models with Euclidean invariance.

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Published date: 1980
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems

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Local EPrints ID: 251466
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/251466
ISSN: 0305-4470
PURE UUID: 784905b8-747e-4ba4-8b7a-9e3fee74ac03

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Date deposited: 03 Nov 1999
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Author: N J Gunther
Author: D A Nicole
Author: D J Wallace

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