(Non-)BPS bound states and D-brane instantons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Cvetič, Mirjam ^a   Richter, Robert ^a   Weigand, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Intersecting branes models; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749083816     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/012     Document Type: Article

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