Duality and gauge symmetry in non-perturbative string theory

DOI10.1016/0920-5632(96)00011-4zbMath0957.81591OpenAlexW1974679308MaRDI QIDQ5927105

Christopher Hull

Publication date: 8 March 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B. Proceedings Supplements (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0920-5632(96)00011-4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02)

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