Non-Abelian born-infeld action and type I-heterotic duality (II): Nonrenormalization theorems

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 648, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 3-34

  Stieberger, S ^a,b   Taylor, T R ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037421102     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00979-3     Document Type: Article

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