QCD at large θ-angle and axion cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 200-210

  Evans, Nick ^a   Hsu, Stephen D H ^a   Nyffeler, Andreas ^a   Schwetz, Myckola ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axions; QCD vacuum; Quark masses; meson; angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031560872     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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