RG flows from Spin(7), CY 4-fold and HK manifolds to AdS, Penrose limits and pp waves

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 259-296

  Gürsoy, Umut ^a   Núñez, Carlos ^b   Schvellinger, Martin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories

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EID: 23044504261     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/015     Document Type: Article

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