1999/07/31 by Cesar Gomez, Pedro J. Silva
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th
published as Lect.Notes Phys. 543 (2000) 95-130 · 35 pages, 14 figures, lectures at the Schladming Winter School 1999, Corrected some typos
arxiv created 1999/08/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
This is a review of some basic features on the relation between supergravity and pure gauge theories with special emphasis on the relation between T-duality and supersymmetry. Some new results concerning the interplay between T-duality and near horizon geometries are presented