Su(N) gauge theories in four dimensions: Exploring the approach to n = ∞

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-36

  Lucini, Biagio ^a   Teper, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; Confinement; Lattice Gauge Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744540424     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/06/050     Document Type: Article

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