Three-loop HTL QCD thermodynamics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Andersen, Jens O ^a   Leganger, Lars E ^a   Strickland, Michael ^b,c   Su, Nan ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

NLO Computations; QCD; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053150021     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)053     Document Type: Article

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