Study of the change from walking to non-walking behavior in a vectorial gauge theory as a function of Nf

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Kurachi, Masafumi ^a   Shrock, Robert ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; Technicolor and Composite Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846221938     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/034     Document Type: Review

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