BPS states in N = 3 superstrings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 511, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 216-242

  Kounnas, Costas ^a,d   Kumar, Alok ^b,c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Non perturbative; Supergravity; Superstrings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032472598     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00728-1     Document Type: Article

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