Renormalization-group analysis of the mean-field theory of metastability: A spinodal fixed point
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 18 (11), 6199-6205
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.18.6199
Abstract
A renormalization-group analysis of the classical theory of metastability is given. It is shown that below the critical point there is a "spinodal" fixed point associated with the Van der Waals loop in the mean-field equation of state. An analysis of the linearized renormalization equations correctly yields the singularity in the free energy near the spinodal point.Keywords
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