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Effect Of Plastic Deformation Anisotropies On Shock-Induced Phase Transitions In Metallic Single Crystals, Punam Ghimire
Effect Of Plastic Deformation Anisotropies On Shock-Induced Phase Transitions In Metallic Single Crystals, Punam Ghimire
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Most metals and alloys undergo plastic deformation at shear stresses and/or pressures in the Kbars regime. On the other hand, typical pressure-induced structural transitions, take place at much higher pressures, in the tens of GPa range. Surprisingly, there has not been to date, a systematic study on the role plastic deformation plays on the dynamics of defect-mediated phase transformations. The main purpose of this work was to investigate via atomistic simulations, the contribution of pre-existing defect densities on the kinetics of structural transformations under dynamic loading. We have carried out molecular dynamics simulations - including large-scale non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD ...
Quark Fluctuations In A Chiral Model In The Presence Of A Magnetic Field, Lidens Cheng
Quark Fluctuations In A Chiral Model In The Presence Of A Magnetic Field, Lidens Cheng
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Understanding the nature of the chiral and deconfinement phase transitions, the location of the critical point, and the properties in its vicinity are among the most important problems in the field of QCD. The purpose of this thesis is to use the two-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the presence of a magnetic field at the chiral limit to study the phase boundary where the spontaneously broken chiral symmetry is restored. At small chemical potential, the phase boundary exhibits a second-order phase transition. On the other hand, at large chemical potential and appropriate coupling constant, the phase boundary exhibits a first-order phase ...