Confining phase superpotentials for SO/Sp gauge theories via geometric transition

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 587-608

  Fuji, Hiroyuki ^a   Ookouchi, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duality in Gauge Field Theories; String Duality

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EID: 23044493140     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/02/028     Document Type: Article

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