The constraints of conformal symmetry on RG flows

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Komargodski, Zohar ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Renormalization group; Spontaneous symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864428926     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2012)069     Document Type: Article

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