Scaling and vortex dynamics after the quench of a system with a continuous symmetry
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 42 (10) , 5865-5872
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.42.5865
Abstract
We study the dynamics of a system with a nonconserved complex order parameter, following a deep quench. In contrast to the case when the order parameter has a discrete symmetry, we observe an effective value of the dynamical exponent at early times of φ=0.375±0.005. In this regime, finite-size scaling of the scattering function is observed. At later times, we observe a crossover to φ=0.5±0.02. Our results indicate that any renormalization of the kinetic coefficient must be small.Keywords
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