Reverse geometric engineering of singularities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1301-1318

  Berenstein, David ^a  

^a School of Natural Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; D branes; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Non Commutative Geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044492510     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/052     Document Type: Article

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