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3 - Symmetries in quantum field theory

from Part I - Prerequisites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Martin Ammon  and
Johanna Erdmenger
Martin Ammon
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Johanna Erdmenger
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich
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Gauge/Gravity Duality
Foundations and Applications
 , pp. 91 - 144
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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