Broadening of the QCD3 flux tube from the AdS/CFT correspondence

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 14-18

  Greensite, Jeff ^a   Olesen, Poul ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondance; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Confinement

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044226514     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/11/030     Document Type: Article

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