Improved holographic Yang-Mills at finite temperature: Comparison with data

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 820, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 148-177

  Gursoy U ^a   Kiritsis, E ^b   Mazzanti, L ^c   Nitti, F ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 67649656109     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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