BV quantization of topological open membranes

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-271

  Hofman, Christiaan ^a,d   Park, Jae Suk ^b,c,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 4344693342     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1106-7     Document Type: Article

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