Quantum transport theory for abelian plasmas

1987/02/01 by David Vasak, Miklos Gyulassy, Miklós Gyulassy +1 · 263 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Dirac equation #Fermion #Gauge boson #Gauge fixing #Gauge theory #Hartree #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Mathematical physics #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum field theory #Quantum mechanics #Spin (aerodynamics) #Spinor

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/0003-4916(87)90169-2

published in Annals of Physics 173(2), 462-492 (Elsevier BV)

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