The O(N) vector model in the large-N limit revisited: Multicritical points and double scaling limit

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 470, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-395

  Eyal, Galit ^a   Moshe, Moshe ^a   Nishigaki, Shinsuke ^a,c   Zinn Justin, Jean ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Double scaling limit; Large N expansion; Phase structure; Quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030191291     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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