SDiff gauge theory and the M2 condensate

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bandos, Igor A ^a,b   Townsend, Paul K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal field models in string theory; Gauge symmetry; M theory.; Superspaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649497533     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/013     Document Type: Article

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