Four-point spectral functions and Ward identities in hot QED

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Defu, Hou ^a   Carrington, M E ^a   Kobes, R ^a   Heinz, U ^a  

^a Winnipeg Institute for Theoretical Physics Winnipeg   (Canada)

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EID: 17044427515     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.61.085013     Document Type: Article

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