Potential theory, path integrals and the Laplacian of the indicator

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lange, Rutger Jan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary Quantum Field Theory; Exact S Matrix; Integrable Equations in Physics; Stochastic Processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869035237     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2012)032     Document Type: Article

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