D-brane probes on G2 orbifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 63-77

  Ferretti, Gabriele ^a   Salomonson, Per ^a   Tsimpis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; D branes

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EID: 23044514235     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/004     Document Type: Article

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