Solution

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The post-quench Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process has . Its future noise is independent of the initial field. Consequently the cross term between the initial Fourier mode and its future noise integral has zero expectation. The Itô isometry, or the given white-noise covariance, then yields
The initial Gaussian Boltzmann distribution, with , gives in the same unitary normalization. Thus the Gaussian Model A quench has
The static structure factor interpolates monotonically mode by mode between its two positive equilibrium values. The covariance relaxes at twice the amplitude decay rate. These statements assume that , and are unchanged by the quench; both exclude a spinodal instability.

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