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DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS AND A FIRST-ORDER CHIRAL PHASE TRANSITION IN NON-EQUILIBRIUM

CHIHIRO SASAKI

Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany

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BENGT FRIMAN

GSI, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany

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KRZYSZTOF REDLICH

Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, PL–50204 Wrocław, Poland

Institute für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany

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Abstract

The thermodynamics of a first-order chiral phase transition is considered in the presence of spinodal phase separation using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the mean field approximation. We focus on the behavior of conserved charge fluctuations. We show that in non-equilibrium the specific heat and charge susceptibilities diverge as the system crosses the isothermal spinodal lines.

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PACS: 25.75.Nq, 24.60.Lz

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