Transport coefficients in high temperature gauge theories, 1. Leading-log results

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1-47

  Arnold, Peter ^a   Moore, Guy David ^b   Yaffe, Laurence G ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Baryogenesis; Physics of the Early Universe; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243324595     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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