D-brane stability and monodromy

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 739-773

  Aspinwall, Paul S ^a   Douglas, Michael R ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

D branes; Differential and Algebraic Geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444456229     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/05/031     Document Type: Review

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