First-order chiral phase transition in high-energy collisions: Can nucleation prevent spinodal decomposition?

Physical Review D

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Scavenius, O ^a,d,e   Dumitru, A ^a,b,c   Fraga, E S ^a,b   Lenaghan, J T ^a,b   Jackson, A D ^a,b  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COOLING; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0034891846     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.116003     Document Type: Article

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