Instantons and seven-branes in type IIB superstring theory

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Gibbons, Gary W ^a   Green, Michael B ^a   Perry, Malcolm J ^a  

^a DAMTP   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041321931     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(95)01565-5     Document Type: Article

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