Quantum chromodynamics at high energy and statistical physics

Physics Reports

Volumn 473, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-49

  Munier, S ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Color dipole model; Color glass condensate; Quantum chromodynamics; Reaction diffusion; Stochastic fronts; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 63549083096     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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