Z-extremization and F-theorem in Chern-Simons matter theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Amariti, Antonio ^a   Siani, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Matrix models Field theories in lower dimensions; Renormalization group; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155151388     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2011)016     Document Type: Article

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