Membrane tension and manifest IIB S-duality

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 409, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 131-135

  Townsend, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000469032     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00862-9     Document Type: Article

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