Variational analysis of the deconfinement phase transition

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 359-380

  Kogan, Ian ^a,b,c   Kovner, Alex ^d   Milhano, J Guilherme ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confinement; Nonperturbative Effects; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044485953     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/12/017     Document Type: Article

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