Superstrings and topological strings at large N

DOI10.1063/1.1376161zbMath1060.81594arXivhep-th/0008142OpenAlexW2025411621MaRDI QIDQ2774935

Cumrun Vafa

Publication date: 26 February 2002

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0008142

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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