A note on superconformal script N = 2 theories and orientifolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 542, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-156

  Park, Jaemo ^a   Uranga, Angel M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branes at singularities; Four dimensional script N = 2 finite theories; Six dimensional RG fixed points; Type IIB orientifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033535273     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00814-1     Document Type: Article

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