The automorphic membrane

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 197-240

  Pioline, Boris ^a   Waldron, Andrew ^b  

^a LPTHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality in Gauge Field Theories; M Theory; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044484727     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/06/009     Document Type: Article

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