On Ramond-Ramond fields and K-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5 PART B, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Freed, Daniel S ^a   Hopkins, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; D branes; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244260601     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/044     Document Type: Article

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