Loop operators and S-duality from curves on Riemann surfaces

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Drukker, Nadav ^a   Morrison, David R ^b   Okuda, Takuya ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Duality in gauge field theories; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350033487     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/031     Document Type: Article

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