CFT/CFT interpolating RG flows and the holographic c-function

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 677-701

  Martelli, Dario ^a   Miemiec, André ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; Renormalization Regularization and Renormalons

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EID: 23044458114     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/027     Document Type: Article

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