D-branes and topological field theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 463, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 420-434

  Bershadsky, M ^a   Vafa, C ^a   Sadov, V ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Manifolds of exceptional holonomy; Topological field theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030600821     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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