Multistring vertices and hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-514

  Gebert, R W ^a   Nicolai, H ^a   West, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001032514     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X96000225     Document Type: Article

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