Large N gauge theories and topological cigars

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Bertoldi, Gaetano ^a   Hollowood, Timothy J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Matrix models; Topological strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247877695     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/078     Document Type: Article

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