Problems with lattice methods for electroweak preheating

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Moore, Guy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Baryogenesis; Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744771018     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/021     Document Type: Article

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