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4 - Introduction to superstring theory

from Part I - Prerequisites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Martin Ammon
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Johanna Erdmenger
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich
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Gauge/Gravity Duality
Foundations and Applications
, pp. 145 - 176
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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