Phase structure of d-brane gauge theories and toric duality

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Feng, Bo ^a   Hanany, Amihay ^a   He, Yang Hui ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Space Time Symmetries; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745041270     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/08/040     Document Type: Article

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