# Dynamics of Cosmological Phase Transitions: What Can We Learn from Condensed Matter Physics?

Source: [Dynamics of Cosmological Phase Transitions: What Can We Learn from Condensed Matter Physics?](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa1f0e7a2b558e29326a1c>)

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Authors: Nigel Goldenfeld

Published: 1994-11-24T00:53:56.000Z

## Abstract

A brief outline is given of the description of phase transition kinetics in condensed matter systems with a continuous symmetry, emphasising the roles of dissipation, coarse-graining and scaling. The possible relevance of these ideas to the early universe is explored in the contexts of the GUT string transition and the electroweak transition.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9411380>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/9411380.pdf>)