The decay of unstable k-strings in SU (N) gauge theories at zero and finite temperature

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1645-1662

  Gliozzi, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confinement; Lattice Gauge Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944553966     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/063     Document Type: Article

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