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Soliton-dynamical approach to a noisy Ginzburg-Landau model
We present a dynamical description and analysis of non-equilibrium
transitions in the noisy Ginzburg-Landau equation based on a canonical phase
space formulation. The transition pathways are characterized by nucleation and
subsequent propagation of domain walls or solitons. We also evaluate the
Arrhenius factor in terms of an associated action and find good agreement with
recent numerical optimization studies.Comment: 4 pages (revtex4), 3 figures (eps
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