Effective kinetic theory for high temperature gauge theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 659-701

  Arnold, Peter B ^a   Moore, Guy D ^b,c   Yaffe, Laurence G ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

QCD; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044440181     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/01/030     Document Type: Article

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