Loop and surface operators in N = 2 gauge theory and Liouville modular geometry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Alday, Luis F ^a   Gaiotto, Davide ^a   Gukov, Sergei ^b,c   Tachikawa, Yuji ^a   Verlinde, Herman ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal and W symmetry; Supersymmetric gauge theorys; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954986114     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)113     Document Type: Article

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