Tensor constructions of open string theories (I) Foundations

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 569-624

  Gaberdiel, Matthias R ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chan Paton construction; Homotopy associative algebras; Open string theory; String field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031576432     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00580-4     Document Type: Review

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