RG flow irreversibility, C theorem, and the topological nature of 4D N=2 super-Yang-Mills theory

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 450061-450064

  Bonelli, Giulio ^a   Matone, Marco ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0542375122     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.045006     Document Type: Article

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