Spinodal instability in the quark-gluon plasma
AUTOR(ES)
Aguiar, C. E., Fraga, E. S., Kodama, T.
FONTE
Brazilian Journal of Physics
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2004-03
RESUMO
We investigate the onset of spinodal decomposition in a relativistic fluid of quarks coupled to a nonequilibrium chiral condensate. Studying small fluctuations around equilibrium, we identify the role played by sound and chiral waves in the generation of unstable modes.