Phases of supersymmetric gauge theories from M-theory on G2 manifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Kaste, Peter ^a   Partouche, Hervé ^a   Kehagias, Alexandros ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gauge symmetry; M theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744767787     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/05/058     Document Type: Article

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