Axion monodromy in a model of holographic gluodynamics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dubovsky, Sergei ^a   Lawrence, Albion ^a,b   Roberts, Matthew M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Gauge gravity correspondence; Nonperturbative effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857803657     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)053     Document Type: Article

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