Solving the simplest theory of quantum gravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Dubovsky, Sergei ^a   Flauger, Raphael ^a,b   Gorbenko, Victor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D gravity; Bethe ansatz; Bosonic strings; Exact S matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878921123     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2012)133     Document Type: Article

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