Prethermalization

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Berges, J ^a   Borsányi, Sz ^a   Wetterich, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASICRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLASSICAL FIELD THEORIES; FERMI-DIRAC DISTRIBUTION; PRETHERMALIZATION; TWO-PARTICLE IRREDUCIBLE (2PI);

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19644401310     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.142002     Document Type: Article

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