Five-brane configurations without a strong coupling regime

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 652, Issue , 2003, Pages 165-195

  Kiritsis, E ^a,b   Kounnas, C ^a   Petropoulos, P M ^c   Rizos, J ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Branes; Holography; Little string theory; NS5 branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037416859     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)01139-2     Document Type: Review

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