Non-perturbative planar equivalence and the absence of closed string tachyons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Armoni, Adi ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; AdS CFT correspondence; Duality in gauge field theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247846260     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/046     Document Type: Article

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