2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/205481The thermodynamics of a first-order chiral phase transition is considered in the presence of spinodal phase separation using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model in the mean field approximation. We focus on the behavior of conserved charge fluctuations. We show that in non-equilibrium the specific heat and charge susceptibilities diverge as the system crosses the isothermal spinodal lines.4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the proceedings of Chiral07, November 13-16 2007, Osaka, JapanHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyNuclear TheoryDensity fluctuations and a first-order chiral phase transition in non-equilibriumtext