String junctions for arbitrary Lie-algebra representations

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 541, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 509-565

  DeWolfe, Oliver ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

IIB strings; Lie algebras; String junctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033099811     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00743-3     Document Type: Article

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