Isomonodromic quantization of dimensionally reduced gravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 475, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 397-439

  Korotkin, D ^a,b   Nicolai, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dimensional reduction; Integrable systems; Isomonodromic quantization; Quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030576740     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00320-3     Document Type: Article

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