Defect formation in first order phase transitions with damping

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7130-7138

  Ferrera, Antonio ^a  

^a Instituto de Matematica Aplicada y Fisica Fundamental   (United States)

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EID: 0004271287     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.57.7130     Document Type: Article

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