Counting defects with the two-point correlator

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Rajantie, Arttu ^a   Tranberg, Anders ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Global Symmetries; Lattice Quantum Field Theory; Nonperturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864366603     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2010)086     Document Type: Article

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