Out-of-equilibrium electromagnetic radiation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1873-1907

  Serreau, Julien ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hadronic Colliders; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044503010     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/05/078     Document Type: Article

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