A fresh look at midpoint singularities in the algebra of string fields

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 919-959

  Erler, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Non Commutative Geometry; String Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344446055     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/042     Document Type: Article

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