Non-BPS D-branes and M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Gaberdiel, Matthias R ^a   Schäfer Nameki, Sakura ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D branes; M Theory; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744835893     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/09/028     Document Type: Article

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