Higgs branch of N = 2 SQCD and M-theory branes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 519, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 159-179

  Nakatsu, Toshio ^a   Ohta, Kazutoshi ^a   Yokono, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Yuhsuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brane configurations; M theory; N = 2 SQCD; Taub NUT geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032543018     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(98)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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