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

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.09.016zbMath1198.81148arXivhep-th/0408156OpenAlexW1971430139MaRDI QIDQ874479

Edwin Barnes, Ken Intriligator, Brian Wecht, Jason Wright

Publication date: 10 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0408156

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17)

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