A new double-scaling limit of N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory and pp-wave strings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 643, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 3-30

  Kristjansen, C ^a   Plefka, J ^a   Semenoff, G W ^a   Staudacher, M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 0037020792     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00749-6     Document Type: Article

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