Fractional branes and dynamical supersymmetry breaking

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-273

  Franco, Sebastián ^a   Hanany, Amihay ^a   Saad, Fouad ^b   Uranga, Angel M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondence; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Gauge gravity correspondence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645516736     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/011     Document Type: Article

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