Evidence for the strongest version of the 4d a-theorem via a-maximization along RG flows

@article{Barnes2004EvidenceFT,
  title={Evidence for the strongest version of the 4d a-theorem via a-maximization along RG flows},
  author={Edwin Barnes and Kenneth A. Intriligator and Brian Alexander Wecht and Jason Wright},
  journal={Nuclear Physics},
  year={2004},
  volume={702},
  pages={131-162}
}
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