AdS 4/CFT 3 duals from M2-branes at hypersurface singularities and their deformations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Martelli, Dario ^a   Sparks, James ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondence; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Chern Simons Theories; M Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052840659     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/12/017     Document Type: Article

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