Is there a c-theorem in four dimensions?

1988/12/01 by John Cardy, John L. Cardy · 15 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)90054-8

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