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arXiv:hep-ph/0004093 · Annals of Physics

A Covariant Generalization of the Real-Time Green's Functions Method in the Theory of Kinetic Equations

Stanislav Aleksandrovich Smolyansky, Alexander V. Prozorkevich, G. Maino, S. G. Mashnik

Published Nov 1, 1999• 19 citations
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10.1006/aphy.1999.5954

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