The non-abelian open superstring effective action through order α′3

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1-29

  Koerber, Paul ^a   Sevrin, Alexander ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D branes; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744763655     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/10/003     Document Type: Article

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