Gauge/string duality in confining theories

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 525-579

  Edelstein, José D ^a,b,c   Portugues, Rubén ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gauge string duality; Non Abelian gauge theories; Non perturbative phenomena in supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745810556     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: 15213978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200610301     Document Type: Article

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