D-branes on orbifolds with discrete torsion and topological obstruction

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Gomis, Jaume ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal Field Models in String Theory; D branes; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 7644231072     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/006     Document Type: Article

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