Brane surgery with Thom classes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Papadopoulos, George ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D branes; M Theory; P branes; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646047421     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/05/020     Document Type: Article

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