Phases of supersymmetric D-branes on Kähler manifolds and the McKay correspondence

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Mayr, Peter ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; D branes; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744844257     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/01/018     Document Type: Article

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