Topological rigid string theory and two-dimensional QCD

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 463, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 238-286

  Hořava, Petr ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030600835     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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