N = 1 dualities of so and usp gauge theories and t-duality of string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 506, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-156

  Vafa, Cumrun ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality; Gauge theory; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031585624     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00521-X     Document Type: Article

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