Derived categories and zero-brane stability

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1-26

  Aspinwall, Paul S ^a   Lawrence, Albion ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Superstring Vacua; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745054164     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/08/004     Document Type: Article

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