F-theory, Seiberg-Witten curves and Ν = 2 dualities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dasgupta, Keshav ^a   Seo, Jihye ^a   Wissanji, Alisha ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brane dynamics in gauge theories; F theory; String duality; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857842460     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)146     Document Type: Article

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