The Hagedorn transition in noncommutative open string theory

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2749-2764

  Gubser, S S ^a   Gukov, S ^a,b,c   Klebanov, I R ^a   Rangamani, M ^a,b,c   Witten, E ^b,c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0035534424     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1372176     Document Type: Article

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