Traces on orbifolds: Anomalies and one-loop amplitudes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 245-274

  Nibbelink, Stefan Groot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions

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EID: 23144466913     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/07/011     Document Type: Article

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