Open/closed string dualities and Seiberg duality from geometric transitions in M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 537-562

  Dasgupta, Keshav ^a   Oh, Kyungho ^b,d   Tatar, Radu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Duality in Gauge Field Theories; M Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044496293     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/08/026     Document Type: Article

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