On the picture dependence of Ramond-Ramond cohomology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 523, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 311-343

  Berkovits, Nathan ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032514053     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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