Fractional branes, confinement, and dynamically generated superpotentials

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 532, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-152

  Brodie, John ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032476487     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00466-0     Document Type: Article

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