M-momentum transfer between gravitons, membranes, and fivebranes as perturbative gauge theory processes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 530, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-149

  Keski Vakkuri, Esko ^a   Kraus, Per ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D brane; Electric flux; Graviton; Momentum transfer; Pair production; Supergravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032511711     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00390-3     Document Type: Article

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