On off-shell structure of open string sigma model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1-21

  Frolov, Sergey A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; D branes; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144458332     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/08/020     Document Type: Article

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