On conformal field theories in four dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 533, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 199-209

  Lawrence, Albion ^a   Nekrasov, Nikita ^a,b   Vafa, Cumrun ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

4d conformal theories; D branes; Orbifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032538754     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00495-7     Document Type: Article

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