Fields, Strings, and Duality: TASI 96 : Boulder, Colorado, US, 2-28 June 1996

Fields, Strings, and Duality: TASI 96 : Boulder, Colorado, US, 2-28 June 1996
ISBN-10
9814529737
ISBN-13
9789814529730
Category
Field theory (Physics)
Pages
1089
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
World Scientific
Author
Brian Greene

Description

Phys. B125 (1977) 1; H. Osborne, Phys. Lett. B83 (1979) 321. A. Givedn, M. Porrati, and E. Rabinovici, Phys. Rep. 244 (1994) 77. E. Witten and D. Olive, Phys. Lett. 78B (1978) 97; G. Gibbons and C. Hull, Phys. Lett. 109B (1982) 190.

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