Hydrodynamic fluctuations from a weakly coupled scalar field

Abstract Studies of non-equilibrium dynamics of first-order cosmological phase transitions may involve a scalar field interacting weakly with the energy-momentum tensor of a thermal plasma. At late times, when the scalar field is approaching equilibrium, it experiences both damping and thermal fluct...

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Published in:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Main Authors: G. Jackson, M. Laine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5791-3