Instanton induced open string superpotentials and branes at singularities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ibanez L E ^a   Uranga, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brane dynamics in gauge theories; D branes; Intersecting branes models; Solitons monopoles and instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549130019     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/103     Document Type: Article

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