M-theory and Seiberg-Witten curves: Orthogonal and symplectic groups

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 504, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 175-188

  Brandhuber, A ^a   Sonnenschein, J ^a   Theisen, S ^b   Yankielowicz, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branes; M theory; Orientifold; Riemann surface; String theory; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031588268     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00531-2     Document Type: Article

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