Properties of the Langevin and Fokker-PIanck equations for scalar fields and their application to the dynamics of second order phase transitions

Physical Review D

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Bettencourt, Lufs M A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMOS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE; THEORY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035076651     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.045020     Document Type: Article

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