Casimir scaling of domain wall tensions in the deconfined phase of D = 3 + 1 SU (N) gauge theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1577-1613

  Bursa, Francis ^a   Teper, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; Confinement; Lattice Gauge Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944492401     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/060     Document Type: Article

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