Thermodynamics of large-Nf QCD at finite chemical potential

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 827-845

  Ipp, Andreas ^a   Rebhan, Anton ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; QCD; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342579040     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/032     Document Type: Article

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