The large Nc limit of four-point functions in N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory from anti-de Sitter supergravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 554, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 215-236

  Chalmers, Gordon ^a   Schalmb, Koenraad ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS QFT correspondence; Large N gauge theories; Supergravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033538801     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00275-8     Document Type: Article

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