Lecture notes on holographic renormalization

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5849-5876

  Skenderis, Kostas ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036433610     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/22/306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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