Discrete torsion, AdS/CFT and duality

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-21

  Berenstein, David ^a   Leigh, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Discrete and Finite Symmetries; String Duality; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444251788     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/01/038     Document Type: Article

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