Observations on the moduli space of two dimensional string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-227

  Seiberg, Nathan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Superstring Vacua

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EID: 22144447500     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/010     Document Type: Article

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