κ-string tension from Eguchi-Kawai reduction

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Armoni, Adi ^a   Dorigoni, Daniele ^b,c   Veneziano, Gabriele ^d,e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Confinement; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255170054     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2011)086     Document Type: Article

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