The local structure of anomaly inflow

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Ruchayskiy, Oleg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Anomalies in Field and String Theories; M Theory

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EID: 33744533194     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/06/044     Document Type: Article

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