Six-dimensional tensionless strings in the large N limit

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 489, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-121

  Ganor, Ori J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031592531     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00702-X     Document Type: Article

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