Large N field theories, string theory and gravity

Physics Report

Volumn 323, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 183-386

  Aharony, Ofer ^a   Gubser, Steven S ^b   Maldacena, Juan ^b,c   Ooguri, Hirosi ^d,e   Oz, Yaron ^f  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gauge theories; String theory; Supergravity; Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347164882     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(99)00083-6     Document Type: Review

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