Heisenberg groups and noncommutative fluxes

Annals of Physics

Volumn 322, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 236-285

  Freed, Daniel S ^a   Moore, Gregory W ^b   Segal, Graeme ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gauge theory; String theory; Topology; Uncertainty principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845656496     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: 1096035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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