- Award ID(s):
- 1653405
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10097128
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The 36th Annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (LATTICE2018)
- Volume:
- 334
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 097
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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