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DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.061601zbMath1254.81066arXiv0906.0965WikidataQ84600221 ScholiaQ84600221MaRDI QIDQ4898083

Yuji Tachikawa, Brian Wecht

Publication date: 29 December 2012

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0965

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17)

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