Knots, links and branes at large N

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 16-41

  Labastida, José M F ^a   Mariño, Marcos ^b   Vafa, Cumrun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; Chern Simons Theories; p branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044226509     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/11/007     Document Type: Article

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