D-branes in Gepner models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 531, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 185-225

  Recknagel, A ^a   Schomerus, V ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary CFT; D branes; String compactifications; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000832445     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00468-4     Document Type: Article

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