Dirac zero-modes in compact U(1) gauge theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1447-1458

  Drescher, Thomas ^a   Lang, Christian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Lattice Quantum Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344441408     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/058     Document Type: Article

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