Probing the strong coupling limit of large N SYM on curved backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Landsteiner, Karl ^a   Lopez, Esperanza ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black Holes in String Theory; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; D branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646057332     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/09/006     Document Type: Article

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