Droplet Model and Nucleation of Supersaturated Vapors Near the Critical Point

Abstract

Fisher's droplet model is applied to the calculation of the nucleation rate in a metastable supersaturated vapor near ${T}_{c}$. At a constant scaled supersaturation $A\ensuremath{\propto}\frac{(\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{-}{\ensuremath{\mu}}_{c})}{{({T}_{c}\ensuremath{-}T)}^{\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{\delta}}}$ we find a strong critical slowing down for the nucleation rate. Experiments to check this theory are proposed.