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gr-qc2001★ 4 cited
Notes on Black Hole Phase Transitions
G. J. Stephens, B. L. Hu
In these notes we present a summary of existing ideas about phase transitions of black hole spacetimes in semiclassical gravity and offer some thoughts on three possible scenarios…
gr-qc1998★ 54 cited
Defect Formation and Critical Dynamics in the Early Universe
G. J. Stephens, E. A. Calzetta, B. L. Hu +1
We study the nonequilibrium dynamics leading to the formation of topological defects in a symmetry-breaking phase transition of a quantum scalar field with λΦ^4 self-interaction in…