Antisymmetric tensor Z p gauge symmetries in field theory and string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Berasaluce González, Mikel ^a   Ramírez, Guillermo ^a   Uranga, Angel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Discrete and Finite Symmetries; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893854645     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2014)059     Document Type: Article

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