Branes and six-dimensional supersymmetric theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 529, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 180-206

  Hanany, Amihay ^a   Zaffaroni, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0032575843     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00355-1     Document Type: Article

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