Study of possible ultraviolet zero of the beta function in gauge theories with many fermions

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Shrock, Robert ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84897775829     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.045019     Document Type: Article

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