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Particle Production of Vector Fields: Scale Invariance is Attractive

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Particle Production of Vector Fields: Scale Invariance is Attractive. / Wagstaff, Jacques; Dimopoulos, Konstantinos.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 83, No. 2, 023523, 25.01.2011.

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Wagstaff, J & Dimopoulos, K 2011, 'Particle Production of Vector Fields: Scale Invariance is Attractive', Physical Review D, vol. 83, no. 2, 023523. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.023523

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Wagstaff, J., & Dimopoulos, K. (2011). Particle Production of Vector Fields: Scale Invariance is Attractive. Physical Review D, 83(2), Article 023523. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.023523

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Wagstaff J, Dimopoulos K. Particle Production of Vector Fields: Scale Invariance is Attractive. Physical Review D. 2011 Jan 25;83(2):023523. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.023523

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Wagstaff, Jacques ; Dimopoulos, Konstantinos. / Particle Production of Vector Fields: Scale Invariance is Attractive. In: Physical Review D. 2011 ; Vol. 83, No. 2.

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