On the nucleation of hadronic domains in the quark-hadron transition
arXiv:0810.2798 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.01.072
Abstract
We present numerical results on bubble profiles, nucleation rates and time evolution for a weakly first-order quark-hadron phase transition in different expansion scenarios. We confirm the standard picture of a cosmological first-order phase transition, in which the phase transition is entirely dominated by nucleation. We also show that, even for expansion rates much lower than those expected in heavy-ion collisions nucleation is very unlikely, indicating that the main phase conversion mechanism is spinodal decomposition.
4 pages, 2 images. To be published in the proceedings of SEWM 2008