String field theory and brane superpotentials

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1-39

  Lazaroiu, Calin I ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chern Simons Theories; D branes; Superstring Vacua; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744740390     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/10/018     Document Type: Article

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