A non-supersymmetric open-string theory and S-duality

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 499, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 183-204

  Bergman, Oren ^a,b   Gaberdiel, Matthias R ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; S duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031577428     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00309-X     Document Type: Article

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