Counting BPS operators in gauge theories: Quivers, syzygies and plethystics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Benvenuti, Sergio ^a,b   Feng, Bo ^c,d   Hanany, Amihay ^a   He, Yang Hui ^e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Brane dynamics in gauge theories; Differential and algebraic geometry; Discrete and finite symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849088657     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/050     Document Type: Article

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