Supersymmetric Wilson loops at two loops

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bassetto, Antonio ^a   Griguolo, Luca ^b   Pucci, Fabrizio ^c   Seminara, Domenico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Duality in gauge field theories; Extended supersymmetry; Matrix models

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249110242     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/083     Document Type: Article

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