Superstrings from theories with N > 1 world-sheet supersymmetry

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 498, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 119-134

  Baulieu, Laurent ^a,b,e   Green, Michael B ^c   Rabinovici, Eliezer ^d  

^a LPTHE   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DAMTP   (United Kingdom)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 0031552778     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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