Holographic c-theorems in arbitrary dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Myers, Robert C ^a   Sinha, Aninda ^a,b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS CMT); Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053099601     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)125     Document Type: Article

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