Stringy instantons and quiver gauge theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Florea, Bogdan ^a   Kachru, Shamit ^a,b   McGreevy, John ^a,c   Saulina, Natalia ^d,e  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547581248     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/05/024     Document Type: Article

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