Towards the F-theorem: N = 2 field theories on the three-sphere

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Jafferis, Daniel L ^a,b   Klebanov, Igor R ^c   Pufu, Silviu S ^c   Safdi, Benjamin R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Matrix models; Renormalization group; Strong coupling expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053159372     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)102     Document Type: Article

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