New script N = 1 superconformal field theories in four dimensions from D-brane probes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 488, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 159-176

  Aharony, Ofer ^a   Kachru, Shamit ^a   Silverstein, Eva ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031575707     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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