Pair creation and axial anomaly in light-cone qed2

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1-30

  Tomaras, Theodore N ^a   Tsamis, Nick C ^a   Woodard, Richard P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b University of Florida Gainesville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Non perturbative Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744748614     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/008     Document Type: Article

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