Precise determination of the strong coupling constant in N f = 2+1 lattice QCD with the Schrödinger functional scheme

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Aoki, S ^a,b   Ishikawa, K I ^c   Ishizuka, N ^a   Izubuchi, T ^b   Kadoh, D ^d   Kanaya, K ^a   Kuramashi, Y ^a   Murano, K ^a   Namekawa, Y ^a   Okawa, M ^c   Taniguchi, Y ^a   Ukawa, A ^a   Ukita, N ^a   Yoshie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Renormalization Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856406978     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/10/053     Document Type: Article

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