Stationary RG flow and thermodynamics of conformal field theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Petkou, Anastasios C ^a   Siopsis, George ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal and W Symmetry; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Nonperturbative Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044222580     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/02/002     Document Type: Article

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