Factorization and unitarity in superstring theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1535-1553

  Xiao, Zhi Guang ^a   Zhu, Chuan Jie ^b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944473404     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/058     Document Type: Article

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