E8 × E8 small instantons in Matrix theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 519, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 180-194

  Lowe, David A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instanton; Matrix theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032543022     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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