Worldsheet derivation of a large N duality

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 641, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 3-34

  Ooguri, Hirosi ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037037556     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00620-X     Document Type: Article

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