Deconfining phase transition in 2 + 1 D: The Georgi-Glashow model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Dunne, Gerald ^a   Kogan, Ian I ^b   Kovner, Alex ^b   Tekin, Bayram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confinement; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Non perturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744842136     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/01/032     Document Type: Article

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