Gauge/gravity duality and meta-stable dynamical supersymmetry breaking

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Argurio, Riccardo ^a   Bertolini, Matteo ^b   Franco, Sebastián ^c   Kachru, Shamit ^d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES   (Belgium)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane dynamics in gauge theories; Gauge gravity correspondence; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947687215     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/083     Document Type: Article

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