Finite-Temperature Field Theory: Preface

By J. Kapusta, Charles Gale. 2006

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Towards a precision calculation of the effective number of neutrinos Neff in the Standard Model. Part II. Neutrino decoupling in the presence of flavour oscillations and finite-temperature QED (2021, background): “, [37]), to a level of precision (as measured by powers in the elementary electric charge e) higher than is necessary for the present calculation [19].”
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