Knots, braids and BPS States in M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 433-463

  Grassi, Antonella ^a   Guralnik, Zachary ^b   Ovrut, Burt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

M Theory; P branes; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 19344366097     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/023     Document Type: Article

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