Quantization of the Chern-Simons coupling constant

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1176-1190

  Bekaert, Xavier ^a   Gomberoff, Andrés ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chern Simons Theories; M Theory; p branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044505264     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/01/054     Document Type: Article

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