Wilson loops, D-branes, and reparametrization path integrals

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1499-1531

  Rychkov, Vyacheslav S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; Bosonic Strings; D branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044496340     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/12/068     Document Type: Article

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