Noncritical M-theory in 2+1 dimensions as a nonrelativistic Fermi liquid

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Horava, Petr ^a,b   Keeler, Cynthia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

M(atrix) theories; M theory; Matrix models; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547691075     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/059     Document Type: Article

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