Closed strings from SO(8) Yang-Mills instantons

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 613, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 87-104

  Minasian, Ruben ^a   Shatashvili, Samson L ^b   Vanhove, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

11.10. z; 11.15. q; 11.25. w

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041869557     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00369-8     Document Type: Article

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