Comments on large-N volume independence

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Poppitza, Erich ^a   Ünsal, Mithat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Gauge symmetry; Lattice quantum field theory; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954976789     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)098     Document Type: Review

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