Transport properties of holographic defects

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Myers, Robert C ^a,b   Wapler, Matthias C ^a,b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; D branes; Field theories in lower dimensions; Strong coupling expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034632896     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/115     Document Type: Article

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