Excision of singularities by stringy domain walls

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3071-3081

  Kallosh, Renata ^a   Mohaupt, Thomas ^a,b   Shmakova, Marina ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics   (United States)

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EID: 0035534442     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1373424     Document Type: Article

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