Renormalization group and decoupling in curved space

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 455-479

  Gorbar, Eduard V ^a,b   Shapiro, Ilya L ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^c TOMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Physics of the Early Universe; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044440872     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/02/021     Document Type: Article

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