The discontinuities of conformal transitions and mass spectra of V-QCD

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Areán, Daniel ^a   Iatrakis, Ioannis ^b,c   Järvinen, Matti ^b   Kiritsis, Elias ^b,d,e  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gauge gravity correspondence; QCD; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896301704     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2013)068     Document Type: Article

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