Holography, singularities on orbifolds and 4D N = 2 SQCD

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-33

  Pelc, Oskar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; String Duality; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007940408     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/012     Document Type: Article

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