String theory dualities from M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 476, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 470-483

  Aharony, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electric magnetic duality; M theory; Membrane fivebrane duality; Membrane membrane duality; String theory; T duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030607067     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00321-5     Document Type: Article

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