Conformality or confinement: (IR)relevance of topological excitations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Poppitz, Erich ^a   Ünsal, Mithat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Field theories in lower dimensions; Lattice quantum field theory; Nonperturbative effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350033466     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/050     Document Type: Article

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