Effective string theory and nonlinear Lorentz invariance

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Aharony, Ofer ^a   Dodelson, Matthew ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Long strings; Space time symmetries; Spontaneous symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857848704     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)008     Document Type: Article

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