Renormalization group flows from holography-supersymmetry and a c-theorem

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1-55

  Freedman, D Z ^a   Gubser, S S ^b   Pilch, K ^c   Warner, N P ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79551575867     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n2.a7     Document Type: Article

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