R4 couplings, the fundamental membrane and exceptional theta correspondences

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Pioline, Boris ^a,d   Nicolai, Hermann ^b   Plefka, Jan ^b   Waldron, Andrew ^c,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LPTHE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744925186     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/03/036     Document Type: Article

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