Some relations between twisted K-theory and e8 gauge theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-390

  Mathai, Varghese ^a   Sati, Hisham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Anomalies in Field and String Theories; M Theory

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EID: 23044484465     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/03/016     Document Type: Article

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