N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories, branes and orientifolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 507, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 197-226

  Landsteiner, Karl ^a   Lopez, Esperanza ^b   Lowe, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Non perturbative string theory; Supersymmetric gauge theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031560469     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00559-2     Document Type: Article

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