Secrets of the metric in n = 4 and n = 2∗ geometries

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Babington, James ^a   Evans, Nick ^a   Hockings, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondance; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Renormalization Regularization and Renormalons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744758049     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/034     Document Type: Article

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