Worldsheet covariant path integral quantization of strings

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 21, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 6525-6574

  Van Tonder, André ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Path integral; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846440500     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X0603446X     Document Type: Article

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