Renormalization group and decoupling in curved space, II. The standard model and beyond

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 85-110

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Physics of the Early Universe; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144465653     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/004     Document Type: Article

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