A note on the equality of algebraic and geometric D-brane charges in WZW models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 657-669

  Bouwknegt, Peter ^a   Ridout, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

D branes; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Sigma Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644466554     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/05/029     Document Type: Article

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