Wess-Zumino-Witten term on the lattice

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 317-342

  Fujiwara, Takanori ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Matsui, Kosuke ^a   Yamamoto, Masaru ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Gauge Symmetry; Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Renormalization Regularization and Renormalons

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144451407     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/09/015     Document Type: Article

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