Self-duality, Ramond-Ramond fields and K-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5 PART B, 2000, Pages 1-31

  Moore, Gregory ^a,d   Witten, Edward ^b,c,e  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; String Duality; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244257680     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/032     Document Type: Article

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