On cancellations of ultraviolet divergences in supergravity amplitudes

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 56, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 824-832

  Bjerrum Bohr, N E J ^a   Vanhove, Pierre ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Quantum gravity; String theory; Ultraviolet behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549124227     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: 15213978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200810561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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