Moduli spaces of gauge theories from Dimer models: Proof of the correspondence

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Franco, Sebastián ^a   Vegh, David ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondence; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846256266     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/11/054     Document Type: Review

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