Higher rank Wilson loops from a matrix model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Hartnoll, Sean A ^a   Kumar, S Prem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; AdS CFT Correspondence; Matrix Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748291502     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/08/026     Document Type: Article

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