Seiberg-Witten theory and matrix models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 819, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-430

  Klemm, Albrecht ^a   Sułkowski, Piotr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

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EID: 70449725693     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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