Integral invariants in N = 4 SYM and the effective action for coincident D-branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 465-488

  Drummond, James M ^a   Heslop, Paul J ^b,c   Howe, Paul S ^d   Kerstan, Sven F ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D branes; Superspaces; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144472772     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/08/016     Document Type: Article

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