BPS states and algebras from quivers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 7 PART B, 2000, Pages 1-39

  Fiol, Bartomeu ^a   Mariño, Marcos ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 6944237580     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/07/031     Document Type: Article

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