Zero-branes on a compact orbifold

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 1998, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Ramgoolam, Sanjaye ^a   Waldram, Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory, Dbranes; String duality; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645902189     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/07/009     Document Type: Article

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