On the field/string theory approach to theta dependence in large N Yang-Mills theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 552, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 194-208

  Gabadadze, Gregory ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033549467     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00244-8     Document Type: Article

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