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Nonperturbative Flow Equations, Low-Energy QCD, and the Chiral Phase Transition

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Jungnickel, DU., Wetterich, C. (2002). Nonperturbative Flow Equations, Low-Energy QCD, and the Chiral Phase Transition. In: van Baal, P. (eds) Confinement, Duality, and Non-Perturbative Aspects of QCD. NATO Science Series: B:, vol 368. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47056-X_9

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