Remarks on the topological open membrane

Physical Review D

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Pioline, B ^a  

^a LPTHE   (France)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORY;

EID: 0037101276     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.025010     Document Type: Article

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