A counterexample to the \(a\)-`theorem'

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/020zbMath1329.81281arXiv0809.3238OpenAlexW2055572691WikidataQ57271976 ScholiaQ57271976MaRDI QIDQ905506

Yuji Tachikawa, Alfred D. Shapere

Publication date: 20 January 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3238

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17)

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