Exact results for Wilson loops in superconformal Chern-Simons theories with matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kapustin, Anton ^a   Willett, Brian ^a   Yaakov, Itamar ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Chern Simons theories; Matrix models; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954896178     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2010)089     Document Type: Article

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