Exact half-BPS flux solutions in M-theory III: Existence and rigidity of global solutions asymptotic to AdS 4 × S 7

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  D'Hoker, Eric ^a   Estes, John ^b   Gutperle, Michael ^a   Krym, Darya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; M theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551536590     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/067     Document Type: Article

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