Journal of Physical Studies 2(3), 339–345 (1998)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.02.339

NUCLEATION PHENOMENA IN ATOMIC FLUID IN THE ELECTRICAL FIELD

O. V. Derzhko1,2, V. M. Myhal2
1Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
1 Svientsitskii Str., Lviv, UA–290011, Ukraine

2The Ivan Franko State University of Lviv, Chair of Theoretical Physics,
12 Drahomanov Str., Lviv, UA–290005, Ukraine

On the basis of the density functional of grand thermodynamical potential for a fluid of two-level atoms in external electrical field suggested earlier (J. Phys. Stud. {\bf 1}, 402 (1997)) the appearance of a new phase in metastable vapour and liquid has been examined. The influence of the field on the nucleation barrier for these phase transformations has been studied.

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