Little string thermodynamics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Rangamani, Mukund ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Black Holes in String Theory; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions

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EID: 33744539167     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/06/042     Document Type: Article

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