Geometric properties of QCD string from Willmore functional

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 207-216

  Parthasarathy, R ^a   Viswanathan, K S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

51P05; 53C42; 53C80; 81V05; Extrinsic curvature; Immersion in Riemann space; QCD string action; Strings; Willmore functional

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008942524     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(00)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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