Heterotic twistor-string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 795, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-137

  Mason, Lionel ^a   Skinner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

String theory; Twistor theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149138678     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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