A note on superconformal \(N=2\) theories and orientifolds

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00814-1zbMath0942.81064arXivhep-th/9808161MaRDI QIDQ1571959

Angel M. Uranga, Jaemo Park

Publication date: 12 July 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9808161

zbMATH Keywords

D3-branesfinite field theories\(T\)-dualsorientifold groupstype IIA brane configurations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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