Evidence for the strongest version of the 4d a-theorem via a-maximization along RG flows

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 702, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-162

  Barnes, Edwin ^b   Intriligator, Ken ^b   Wecht, Brian ^a,b   Wright, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 9144249863     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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