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Dynamics of the formation of ordered domains out of initially disordered configurations

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Abstract

This talk reviews phenomenological theories and Monte Carlo simulations on the dynamics of ordering processes, and the associated statistical fluctuations, both in pure systems and in systems with quenched disorder. Particular attention is paid to understand size effects and the approach to the thermodynamic limit: we discuss time-scales on which fluctuations around an equilibrium state decay, the time-scale for growth of a domain size comparable to the system volume, and the “ergodic time” on which a system dynamically averages over its various ordered configurations.

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  1. Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik, D-6500, Mainz, West-Germany

    K. Binder, D. W. Heermann, A. Milchev & A. Sadiq

  2. Institute for Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    A. Milchev

  3. Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, P.O. Nilore, Ravalpindi, Pakistan

    A. Sadiq

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Binder, K., Heermann, D.W., Milchev, A., Sadiq, A. (1987). Dynamics of the formation of ordered domains out of initially disordered configurations. In: van Hemmen, J.L., Morgenstern, I. (eds) Heidelberg Colloquium on Glassy Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 275. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0057516

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