Finite-size constraints on nucleation of hadrons in a quark-gluon plasma

We discuss finite-size effects on homogeneous nucleation in first-order phase transitions. We study their implications for cosmological phase transitions and to the hadronization of a quark-gluon plasma generated in high-energy heavy ion collisions.

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Main Authors: Fraga,Eduardo S., Venugopalan,Raju
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2004
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332004000200039
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Summary:We discuss finite-size effects on homogeneous nucleation in first-order phase transitions. We study their implications for cosmological phase transitions and to the hadronization of a quark-gluon plasma generated in high-energy heavy ion collisions.