On the nature of the finite-temperature transition in QCD

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 709-735

  Butti, Agostino ^a   Pelissetto, Andrea ^b   Vicari, Ettore ^c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Lattice QCD; QCD; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044447924     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/08/029     Document Type: Article

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