D-branes in non-critical superstrings and duality in script N sign = 1 gauge theories with flavor

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Murthy, Sameer ^a   Troost, Jan ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Duality in Gauge Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846168476     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/019     Document Type: Review

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