Intersection rules, dynamics and symmetries

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 637-662

  Englert, François ^a   Houart, Laurent ^a   West, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; M Theory; p branes; Space Time Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044467857     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/08/025     Document Type: Article

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