Weak coupling large-N transitions at finite baryon density

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hollowood, Timothy J ^a   Kumar, S Prem ^a   Myers, Joyce C ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; AdS CFT Correspondence; Matrix Models; Thermal Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255197262     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)138     Document Type: Article

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