Phase diagrams of SU(N) gauge theories with fermions in various representations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Myers, Joyce C ^a   Ogilvie, Michael C ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Spontaneous symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350059925     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/07/095     Document Type: Article

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