Phase transition in space: How far does a symmetry bend before it breaks?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1877, 2008, Pages 2953-2972

  Zurek, Wojciech H ^a   Dorner, Uwe ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoided level crossing; Landau Zener tunnelling; Phase transitions; Quantum phase transitions; Topological excitations

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; FERROMAGNETISM; ISING MODEL; MAGNETISM;

CRITICAL VALUES; EN ERGY SPECTRUM; KIBBLE ZUREK MECHANISM; NON EQUILIBRIUM; ORDER PARAMETER (OP); QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION (QPT); SECOND-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPATIAL SCALING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31);

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 47249117969     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0069     Document Type: Article

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