Orbifolds of M-theory and type II string theories in two dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 498, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 175-194

  Roy, Shibaji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

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EID: 0031552694     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00295-2     Document Type: Article

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