The sphaleron rate through the electroweak cross-over

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  D'Onofrio, Michela ^a   Rummukainen, Kari ^a   Tranberg, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Niels Bohr International Academy   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865713519     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)123     Document Type: Article

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