Metastable vacua, geometrical engineering and MQCD transitions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tatar, Radu ^a   Wetenhall, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brane dynamics in Gauge theories; Duality in Gauge field theories; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947655925     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/02/020     Document Type: Article

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