Universality of k-string tensions from holography and the lattice

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Armoni, Adi ^a   Lucini, Biagio ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; AdS CFT Correspondence; Confinement; Lattice Gauge Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745764461     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/06/036     Document Type: Article

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