String tension and Chern-Simons fluctuations in the vortex vacuum of d=3 gauge theory

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4638-4649

  Cornwall, John M ^a   Yan, Bryce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001227831     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.53.4638     Document Type: Article

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