QCD with chemical potential in a small hyperspherical box

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Hands, Simon ^a   Hollowood, Timothy J ^a   Myers, Joyce C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Confinement; Matrix Models; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954992680     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)086     Document Type: Article

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