Vertex operators for closed superstrings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1753-1789

  Grassi, Pietro Antonio ^a,b,c   Tamassia, Laura ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044438998     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/071     Document Type: Article

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