Nonperturbative improvement of SU(2) lattice gauge theory with adjoint or fundamental flavours

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Karavirta, Tuomas ^a,b   Mykkanen, Anne ^a,b   Rantaharju, Jarno ^a,b   Rummukainen, Kari ^a,b   Tuominen, Kimmo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lattice gauge field theories; Lattice quantum field theory; Nonperturbative effects; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053142014     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)061     Document Type: Article

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