Statistical theory of the decay of metas
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J.S. Langer
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Article
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1969
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A procedure is outlined for the first-principles calculation of the rate of decay of a metastable phase. The mode1 on which the calculation is based is sufficiently genera1 to describe a wide variety of thermally activated nucleation and growth processes, hopefully even including decay of superflow