The enhançon and script N = 2 gauge theory/gravity RG flows

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 10 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Evans, Nick ^a   Johnson, Clifford V ^b   Petrini, Michela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondance; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; D branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444239077     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/10/022     Document Type: Article

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