Towards mass deformed N = 4 SO(n) and Sp(k) theories from brane configurations

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 526, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 241-277

  Uranga, Angel M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Montonen Olive duality; Seiberg Witten curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032563530     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00370-8     Document Type: Article

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