Singletons, doubletons and M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 523, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-157

  Gunaydin M ^a   Minic, D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Matrix theory; p branes; Singletons; String theory; Supergravity; Yang Mills theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032514063     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00225-9     Document Type: Article

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