Thermalization and pinch singularities in non-equilibrium quantum field theory
β Scribed by P.F. Bedaque
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 468 KB
- Volume
- 344
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
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