Three-dimensional gravity and string ghosts

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3647zbMath0990.81674arXivhep-th/9110005OpenAlexW2006900045WikidataQ74511715 ScholiaQ74511715MaRDI QIDQ4491847

Steven Carlip, Ian I. Kogan

Publication date: 16 July 2000

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9110005

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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