On the covariant quantization of type-II superstrings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 665-695

  Guttenberg, Sebastian ^a   Knapp, Johanna ^a   Kreuzer, Maximilian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

BRST Symmetry; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444432438     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/06/030     Document Type: Article

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