Early stages of growth of QCD and electroweak bubbles

Abstract

The dynamical growth rate of bubbles nucleating in relativistic plasma in thermal first-order phase transitions is analyzed. The framework is a hydrodynamical model which consists of relativistic fluid and an order parameter field. The results of analytical approximations and numerical simulations coincide well.

Comments: 6 pages, 1 figure. To appear in the Proceedings of Strong and Electroweak Matter '97, Eger, Hungary, 21-25 May 1997