NS5-branes, T-duality and worldsheet instantons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 373-396

  Tong, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044492546     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/013     Document Type: Article

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