String picture of gauge fields

Pawełczyk, Jacek

Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997), p. 363-371 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library

Résumé

The article reviews attempts to formulate the theory of gauge fields in terms of a string theory.

Détail

Publié le : 1997-01-01

Zbl 0881.57017

EUDML-ID : urn:eudml:doc:208674

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