Hagedorn transition for strings on pp-waves and tori with chemical potentials

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 652, Issue , 2003, Pages 127-141

  Brower, Richard C ^a   Lowe, David A ^b   Tan, Chung I ^b  

^a Boston University ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037416865     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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