(8,0) Quantum mechanics and symmetry enhancement in type I' superstrings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Bachas, Constantin P ^a   Green, Michael B ^b   Schwimmer, Adam ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Branes in string theory; String duality; Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645910881     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/01/006     Document Type: Article

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