Non-abelian Wilson surfaces

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-284

  Chepelev, Iouri ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Gauge Symmetry; p branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044460259     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/02/013     Document Type: Article

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