F-maximization along the RG flows: A proposal

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Amariti, Antonio ^a   Sianib, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Matrix Models; Renormalization Group; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255176392     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)056     Document Type: Article

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