Determining the conformal window: SU(2) gauge theory with Nf = 4, 6 and 10 fermion flavours

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Karavirta, Tuomas ^a,b   Rantaharju, Jarno ^b   Rummukainen, Kari ^b   Tuominen, Kimmo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lattice gauge field theories; Lattice quantum field theory; Nonperturbative effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861846514     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2012)003     Document Type: Article

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