Brane constructions, fractional branes and anti-de Sitter domain walls

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1999, Pages

  Dasgupta, Keshav ^a   Mukhi, Sunil ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Brane dynamics in gauge theories; M theory; Supergravity models; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645934252     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/07/008     Document Type: Article

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