D-brane non-perturbative effects and geometric deformations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Dymarsky, Anatoly ^a   Martucci, Luca ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brane dynamics in gauge theories; D branes; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053118981     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)061     Document Type: Article

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