Flux-branes and the dielectric effect in string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 619, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 155-190

  Costa, Miguel S ^a   Herdeiro, Carlos A R ^b   Cornalba, Lorenzo ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035945047     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00526-0     Document Type: Article

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