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pre- +‎ quench

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prequench (not comparable)

  1. Before quenching (rapid cooling).
    • 2015, Michael Buchhold, Markus Heyl, Sebastian Diehl, “Prethermalization and Thermalization of a Quenched Interacting Luttinger Liquid”, in arXiv[1]:
      It features the crossover from a prequench to a prethermal state, finally evolving towards a thermal state on increasing length and time scales.