Monopole condensation and confining phase of N = 1 gauge theories via M-theory fivebrane

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 511, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-196

  De Boer, Jan ^a,b   Yaron, Oz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; M theory fivebrane; Monopole condensation; Supersymmetric gauge theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032472550     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00731-1     Document Type: Article

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