k strings from various perspectives QCD, lattices, string theory and toy models

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3805-3835

  Shifman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

K STRINGS; QCD; YANG-MILLS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 29544436939     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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