Lattice determination of the critical point of QCD at finite T and μ

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-226

  Fodor, Zoltan ^a,b   Katz, Sandor D ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Lattice QCD; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342592853     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/014     Document Type: Article

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