QCD string as vortex string in Seiberg-dual theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Eto, Minoru ^a   Hashimoto, Koji ^b   Terashima, Seiji ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confinement; Duality in gauge field theories; QCD; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948852293     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/09/036     Document Type: Article

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