Quarks, atoms, and the 1/n expansion

Edward Witten

doi:10.1063/1.2914163

Quarks, atoms, and the 1/n expansion

Edward Witten

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Abstract

Problems in quantum chromodynamics that are currently impossible to solve may have useful approximate solutions when one assumes that quarks can have a large number, N, of “colors” instead of three.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	38-43
Number of pages	6
Volume	33
No	7
Specialist publication	Physics Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914163
State	Published - Jul 1980
Externally published	Yes

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General Physics and Astronomy

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