prequench en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + quench.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before quenching (rapid cooling).
It features the crossover from a prequench to a prethermal state, finally evolving towards a thermal state on increasing length and time scales.
2015, Michael Buchhold, Markus Heyl, Sebastian Diehl, “Prethermalization and Thermalization of a Quenched Interacting Luttinger Liquid”, in arXiv: