Dynamics of metastable vacua in the early universe

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 469, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Bergerhoff, Bastian ^a   Lindner, Manfred ^a   Weiser, Manfred ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite temperature; Langevin equation; Phase transitions; Vacuum decay

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044369388     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01273-3     Document Type: Article

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