Geometric dualities in 4d field theories and their 5d interpretation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 979-1004

  Franco, Sebastian ^a   Hanany, Amihay ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Duality in Gauge Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044517469     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/04/043     Document Type: Article

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