D1/D5 systems in N=4 string theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 605, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 17-63

  Gava, Edi ^a,b,c   Hammou, Amine B ^a,c   Morales, Jose F ^d   Narain, Kumar S ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Spinoza Instituut   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

11.25. w; 11.25.Hf; 11.25.Sq; D instanton corrections; D1 D5; U duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035797178     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00198-5     Document Type: Article

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