Open superstring partition function in a constant gauge field background at finite temperature

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 524, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-68

  Tseytlin, A A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

D branes; Green Schwarz superstrings; One loop super Yang Mills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007798685     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(98)00227-2     Document Type: Article

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