Black holes, q-deformed 2d Yang-Mills, and non-perturbative topological strings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 715, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 304-348

  Aganagic, Mina ^a   Ooguri, Hirosi ^b   Saulina, Natalia ^c   Vafa, Cumrun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17544367760     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.02.035     Document Type: Article

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