Supersymmetric asymptotic safety is not guaranteed

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1-14

  Intriligator, Kenneth ^a   Sannino, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Supersymmetric gauge theory; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946822491     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2015)023     Document Type: Article

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