Exact solutions of exceptional gauge theories from toric geometry

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 506, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 183-198

  Brodie, John H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality; Gauge theory; String theory; Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031585621     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00523-3     Document Type: Article

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