Confinement and strings in MQCD

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 513, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 87-118

  Hanany, Amihay ^a   Strassler, Matthew J ^a   Zaffaroni, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0032473147     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00651-2     Document Type: Article

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