The equation of state in lattice QCD: With physical quark masses towards the continuum limit

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2251-2266

  Aoki, Yasumichi ^a   Fodor, Zoltan ^a,b   Katz, Sandor D ^b   Szabó, Kalman K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lattice QCD; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645521364     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/089     Document Type: Article

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