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12 Introduction large, one is outsi
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14 Introduction One of the major ch
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16 Introduction another explanation
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18 The bosonic string Relativistic
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20 The bosonic string is time-like,
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22 The bosonic string the first-ord
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24 The bosonic string the following
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26 The bosonic string The string si
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28 The bosonic string SOLUTION In t
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30 The bosonic string p = 0, this r
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32 The bosonic string is an infinit
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34 The bosonic string In light-cone
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36 The bosonic string 2.4 Canonical
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38 The bosonic string where φ is a
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40 The bosonic string where pµ is
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42 The bosonic string Using the com
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44 The bosonic string There are no
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46 The bosonic string Determination
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48 The bosonic string 2.5 Light-con
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50 The bosonic string Mass-shell co
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52 The bosonic string is made manif
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54 The bosonic string (i) Show that
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56 The bosonic string PROBLEM 2.6 E
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3 Conformal field theory and string
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60 Conformal field theory and strin
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110 Strings with world-sheet supers
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112 Strings with world-sheet supers
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186 Strings with space-time supersy
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188 T-duality and D-branes physical
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190 T-duality and D-branes where
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192 T-duality and D-branes Vα =
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194 T-duality and D-branes directio
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196 T-duality and D-branes Chan-Pat
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198 T-duality and D-branes mitian m
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200 T-duality and D-branes If two
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202 T-duality and D-branes X µ R =
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204 T-duality and D-branes space va
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206 T-duality and D-branes one-form
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208 T-duality and D-branes to a D3-
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210 T-duality and D-branes and Diri
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212 T-duality and D-branes where A
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214 T-duality and D-branes account
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216 T-duality and D-branes µp Ap+
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218 T-duality and D-branes EXERCISE
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220 T-duality and D-branes directio
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222 T-duality and D-branes Anomalie
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224 T-duality and D-branes the hete
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226 T-duality and D-branes gauge sy
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228 T-duality and D-branes D-branes
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230 T-duality and D-branes spinors,
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232 T-duality and D-branes By T-dua
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234 T-duality and D-branes One reas
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236 T-duality and D-branes and in t
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238 T-duality and D-branes the Cher
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240 T-duality and D-branes which ar
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242 T-duality and D-branes matrix,
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244 T-duality and D-branes What typ
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246 T-duality and D-branes PROBLEM
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248 T-duality and D-branes PROBLEM
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250 The heterotic string string the
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252 The heterotic string 7.2 Fermio
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254 The heterotic string where µ =
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256 The heterotic string Left-mover
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260 The heterotic string it is natu
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262 The heterotic string even, and
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272 The heterotic string • The Fo
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276 The heterotic string Modular in
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278 The heterotic string The metric
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282 The heterotic string as require
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284 The heterotic string contributi
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288 The heterotic string Duality an
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290 The heterotic string (ii) (iii)
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292 The heterotic string SO(32) cur
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8 M-theory and string duality Durin
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306 M-theory and string duality The
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312 M-theory and string duality Eq.
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322 M-theory and string duality SOL
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324 M-theory and string duality sup
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330 M-theory and string duality dua
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332 M-theory and string duality M-b
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9 String geometry Since critical su
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356 String geometry At sufficiently
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358 String geometry Fig. 9.1. This
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360 String geometry Noncompact exam
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362 String geometry In the quantum
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364 String geometry of the manifold
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366 String geometry 9.3 Examples of
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368 String geometry Hodge numbers o
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370 String geometry is a compact K
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372 String geometry proportional to
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374 String geometry This leads to t
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376 String geometry independent cho
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378 String geometry This implies th
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380 String geometry Kähler form an
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382 String geometry satisfies √ g
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384 String geometry In writing this
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386 String geometry This section an
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388 String geometry torus is descri
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390 String geometry where Mr is any
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392 String geometry Writing the met
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394 String geometry Since the prepo
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396 String geometry A change in the
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398 String geometry For these choic
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400 String geometry coefficients. W
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402 String geometry four fermionic
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404 String geometry a vanishing cyc
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406 String geometry global supersym
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408 String geometry similar fashion
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410 String geometry where K = 1 2 (
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412 String geometry versa. An early
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414 String geometry by complex-stru
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416 String geometry holonomy group,
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418 String geometry rather than SU(
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420 String geometry to the case of
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422 String geometry For example, in
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424 String geometry example is the
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426 String geometry type IIA string
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428 String geometry which transform
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430 String geometry The tension of
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432 String geometry fibration. Only
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434 String geometry folds, constrai
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436 String geometry to that in Exer
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438 String geometry be interpreted
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440 String geometry SOLUTION An inf
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442 String geometry to a zero form
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444 String geometry Riemannian geom
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446 String geometry map tensors to
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448 String geometry a possible holo
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450 String geometry as the complex
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452 String geometry . ✷ EXERCISE
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454 String geometry PROBLEM 9.8 Use
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10 Flux compactifications Moduli-sp
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458 Flux compactifications This hap
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460 Flux compactifications the stan
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462 Flux compactifications coordina
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464 Flux compactifications Fig. 10.
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466 Flux compactifications The last
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468 Flux compactifications forms (a
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470 Flux compactifications G µν G
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472 Flux compactifications Fig. 10.
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474 Flux compactifications Superpot
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476 Flux compactifications where dz
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478 Flux compactifications Since m
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480 Flux compactifications 10.2 Flu
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482 Flux compactifications is the e
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484 Flux compactifications the fibe
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486 Flux compactifications The tota
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488 Flux compactifications S 3 S 2
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490 Flux compactifications be true
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492 Flux compactifications where gs
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494 Flux compactifications Fig. 10.
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496 Flux compactifications Negative
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500 Flux compactifications As you a
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502 Flux compactifications where K
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504 Flux compactifications is of in
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506 Flux compactifications V(σ) Fi
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508 Flux compactifications where Da
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510 Flux compactifications Fig. 10.
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512 Flux compactifications M, N, P
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514 Flux compactifications By defin
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516 Flux compactifications In this
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518 Flux compactifications As a res
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520 Flux compactifications constant
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522 Flux compactifications a way th
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524 Flux compactifications F3 −
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526 Flux compactifications One fina
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528 Flux compactifications Friedman
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530 Flux compactifications If there
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532 Flux compactifications cosmolog
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534 Flux compactifications to Eq. (
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536 Flux compactifications but not
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538 Flux compactifications e-foldin
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540 Flux compactifications of makin
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542 Flux compactifications Here W0
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544 Flux compactifications [γmn,
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546 Flux compactifications complex
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548 Flux compactifications Eq. (10.
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550 Black holes in string theory th
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552 Black holes in string theory di
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556 Black holes in string theory r=
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558 Black holes in string theory
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560 Black holes in string theory of
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572 Black holes in string theory M-
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576 Black holes in string theory In
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578 Black holes in string theory Fi
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580 Black holes in string theory (2
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586 Black holes in string theory No
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594 Black holes in string theory Fi
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606 Black holes in string theory S-
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12 Gauge theory/string theory duali
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612 Gauge theory/string theory dual
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614 Gauge theory/string theory dual
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Bibliographic discussion In the fol
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692 Bibliographic discussion The BR
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694 Bibliographic discussion derive
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696 Bibliographic discussion which
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698 Bibliographic discussion Maldac
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Bibliography Abouelsaood, A., Calla
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702 Bibliography Singapore: World S
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704 Bibliography Brink, L., and Nie
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706 Bibliography E-print hep-th/000
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708 Bibliography hep-th/0105203. Eg
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710 Bibliography Phys., 71, 983-108
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712 Bibliography hep-th/9802109. Gu
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714 Bibliography Johnson, C. V. (20
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716 Bibliography Lerche, W., Schell
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718 Bibliography Montonen, C. (1974
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720 Bibliography Polchinski, J., an
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722 Bibliography Sen, A. (1999). No
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724 Bibliography Tseytlin, A. A. (1
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acceleration equation, 528 action p
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728 Index Calabi-Yau four-fold, 458
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730 Index with E6,6 symmetry, 570 c
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732 Index Friedmann equation, 528 F
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734 Index dual Coxeter number, 69 e
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736 Index homogeneity equation, 603
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738 Index superconformal symmetry,