Stability of large scale chromomagnetic fields in the early universe

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 538, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 309-320

  Elmfors, Per ^a   Persson, David ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High temperature; Magnetic field; Yang Mills theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033545151     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00627-0     Document Type: Article

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