Dirichlet sigma models and mean curvature flow

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Bakas, Ioannis ^a   Sourdis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

D branes; Differential and algebraic geometry; Renormalization group; Sigma models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547668750     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/06/057     Document Type: Article

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