A note on topological M5-branes and string-fivebrane duality

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bao, Ling ^a   Cederwall, Martin ^a   Nilsson, Bengt E W ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

M theory; P branes; Topological strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249156072     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/100     Document Type: Article

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