Superstrings in higher order extensions of Finsler superspaces

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 494, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 590-656

  Vacaru, Sergiu I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Extended Finsler superspaces; Locally anisotropic sigma models; Superstrings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031575037     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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