Fractional M2-branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Aharony, Ofer ^a   Bergman, Oren ^b,c   Jafferis, Daniel Louis ^d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Chern Simons theories; Duality in gauge field theories; Extended supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149296397     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/043     Document Type: Article

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