Topological strings and large N phase transitions I: Nonchiral expansion of q-deformed Yang-Mills theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 797-863

  Caporaso, Nicola ^a   Cirafici, Michele ^b   Griguolo, Luca ^c   Pasquetti, Sara ^c   Seminara, Domenico ^a   Szabo, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Nonperturbative Effects; Topological Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645517443     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/035     Document Type: Article

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