F-theorem without supersymmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

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

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155138179     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2011)038     Document Type: Article

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