Quark-gluon plasma as a condensate of Z(3) Wilson lines

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Pisarski, Robert D ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 16644379018     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.111501     Document Type: Article

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