Dimensionally reduced SYM4 at large-N: An intriguing Coulomb approximation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Dorigoni, Daniele ^a,b,c   Veneziano, Gabriele ^d,e   Wosiek, Jacek ^f  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; Confinement; Field theories in lower dimensions; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053156758     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)051     Document Type: Article

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