Local anomaly cancellation, M-theory orbifolds and phase-transitions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 589, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 269-291

  Faux, Michael ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^b   Ovrut, Burt A ^c  

^a 2990 Broadway ^*  (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

04.65.+e; 11.10.Kk; 11.25. w; 12.60.J; Anomalies; M theory; Orbifolds; Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000703818     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00513-7     Document Type: Article

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