Wilson-Polyakov loop at finite temperature in large-N gauge theory and anti-de Sitter supergravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 171-186

  Rey, Soo Jong ^a   Theisen, Stefan ^b   Yee, Jung Tay ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite temperature; Non perturbative effects; QCD; Supergravity; Wilson loop

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032584866     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00471-4     Document Type: Article

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