Large N superconformal gauge theories and supergravity orientifolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 535, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 219-232

  Fayyazuddin, Ansar ^a   Spaliński, Michał ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Orientifolds; String theory; Supergravity; Yang mills theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032494930     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00545-8     Document Type: Article

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