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On phase ordering behind the propagating front of a second-order transition

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In a real system the heating is nonuniform, and a second-order phase transition to a broken-symmetry phase occurs by propagation of a temperature front. Two parameters, the cooling rate τ Q and the transition front velocity ν T determine the nucleation of topological defects. Depending on the relation of these parameters, two regimes are found: in the regime of fast propagation defects are created according to the Zurek scenario for the homogeneous case, while in the slow-propagation regime vortex formation is suppressed.

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  1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom

    T. W. B. Kibble

  2. Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, 02150, Espoo, Finland

    G. E. Volovik

  3. L. D. Landou Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117940, Moscow, Russia

    G. E. Volovik

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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 65, No. 1, 96–101 (10 January 1997)

Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.

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Kibble, T.W.B., Volovik, G.E. On phase ordering behind the propagating front of a second-order transition. Jetp Lett. 65, 102–107 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567332

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