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arXiv:hep-ph/0212404 · Nuclear Physics B

Thermalization of fermionic quantum fields

Jürgen Berges, Szabolcs Borsányi, Julien Serreau

Published May 19, 2003• 137 citations
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10.1016/s0550-3213(03)00261-x

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