All-genus calculation of Wilson loops using D-branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-224

  Drukker, Nadav ^a   Fiol, Bartomeu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; Matrix Models; Strong Coupling Expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344437225     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/010     Document Type: Article

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