Superspace unmasked; The physical interpretation of supergravity theory: Lee Smolin. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 104 KB
• Volume: 130
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-4916
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(80)90351-6

✦ Synopsis

An asymptotic method of analysis of fluctuations in systems far from equilibrium is developed. A systematic singular perturbative expansion of the equation for the generating function is set up, using as smallness parameter the inverse of the size of the system. Static and time-dependent properties are analysed before, near and at a bifurcation point, both for homogeneous and inhomogeneous fluctuations. The connection with critical phenomena near equilibrium is also discussed.