D-branes and short distances in string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 485, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 85-127

  Douglas, Michael R ^a   Kabat, Daniel ^a   Pouliot, Philippe ^a   Shenker, Stephen H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bound state at threshold; D brane; M theory; Non commutative geometry; Nonperturbative string theory; Short distance structure; Spacetime geometry; Topology change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031550419     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00619-0     Document Type: Article

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