Electric-magnetic duality and its stringy origins

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4031-4050

  Duff, M J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000242743     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X96001899     Document Type: Article

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