Linear sigma model toolshed for d-brane physics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1-19

  Hellerman, Simeon ^a,b   McGreevy, John ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744731155     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/10/002     Document Type: Article

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