Quantization of Wilson loops in Wess-Zumino-Witten models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Alekseev, Anton ^a   Monnier, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformal field models in string theory; D branes; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549121889     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/039     Document Type: Article

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