D-sphalerons and the topology of string configuration space

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Harvey, Jeffrey A ^a   Hořava, Petr ^b   Kraus, Per ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Nonperturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444232501     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/021     Document Type: Article

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