Spatial volume dependence for 2+1 dimensional SU(N) Yang-Mills theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Pérez, Margarita García ^a   González Arroyo, Antonio ^a   Okawa, Masanori ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Nonperturbative Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883872158     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2013)003     Document Type: Article

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