Gauge theory Wilson loops and conformal Toda field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Passerini, Filippo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal and W Symmetry; Duality in Gauge Field Theories; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954939489     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2010)125     Document Type: Article

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