Branched coverings and interacting matrix strings in two dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 616, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-516

  Billo M ^a   D'Adda, A ^a   Provero, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

11.15. q; 11.15.Ha; 11.25. w

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013140716     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00384-4     Document Type: Article

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