A note on E-strings

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Iqbal, Amer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79551495071     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2003.v7.n1.a1     Document Type: Article

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