BPS Wilson loops on S 2 at higher loops

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Young, Donovan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Field theories in lower dimensions; Matrix models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856371267     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/077     Document Type: Article

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