On orientifolds, discrete torsion, branes and M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Hanany, Amihay ^a   Kol, Barak ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

M theory; p branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044237439     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/06/013     Document Type: Article

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