Open string - String junction transitions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 525, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-145

  Gaberdiel, Matthias R ^a   Hauer, Tamás ^b   Zwiebach, Barton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPS states; IIB strings; SL(2, ) symmetry; String junctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032504290     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00290-9     Document Type: Article

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