Classical limit of the three-point function of n=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory from integrability

Ivan Kostov1

  • 1Institut de Physique Théorique, CNRS-URA 2306, C. E. A.-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Physical Review Letters
|September 26, 2012
PubMed

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