Constructing D-branes from K-theory

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-112

  Olsen, Kasper ^a,c   Szabo, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79551491387     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n4.a5     Document Type: Article

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