The gradient flow running coupling with twisted boundary conditions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1-28

  Ramos, Alberto ^a  

^a DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lattice gauge field theories; Lattice quantum field theory; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919915905     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2014)101     Document Type: Article

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