Quantum kinetic equation and cosmic pair annihilation

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1-30

  Matsumoto, Sh ^a   Yoshimura, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 17144391153     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.123511     Document Type: Article

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