Topology of the SU(2) vacuum: A lattice study using improved cooling

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 499, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 409-449

  De Forcrand, Philippe ^a   García Pérez, Margarita ^b   Stamatescu, Ion Olimpiu ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c FEST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooling; Improved actions; Instantons; Lattice gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031577408     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00275-7     Document Type: Article

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