A step beyond the bounce: Bubble dynamics in quantum phase transitions

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Bergner, Yoav ^a   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0042838357     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.025014     Document Type: Article

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