SU(2) and SU(3) Yang-Mills thermodynamics and some implications

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 999-1016

  Hofmann, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black body; Caloron; Center vortex loop; Cold III clouds; Cosmological constant; Magnetic monopole

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646474987     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732306020457     Document Type: Review

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