Lectures on duality and string dynamics

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-82

  Kachru, Shamit ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031139077     PISSN: 09205632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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