Massive branes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 518, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 363-423

  Bergshoeff, Eric ^a   Lozano, Yolanda ^b   Ortín, Tomás ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS Y FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Branes; Strings; Supergravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032481961     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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