Axial correlation functions in the ε-regime: A numerical study with overlap fermions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 651-665

  Bietenholz, Wolfgang ^a   Shcheredin, Stanislav ^a   Chiarappa, Thomas ^b   Jansen, Karl ^b   Nagai, Kei Ichi ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiral Lagrangians; Lattice QCD

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EID: 23044490856     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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