The master Ward identity

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 977-1049

  Dutsch M ^a   Boas, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gauge field theories; Perturbative quantum field theory; Renormalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036756627     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X02001454     Document Type: Article

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