On charge quantization and abelian gauge horizontal symmetries

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 411, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 159-166

  Epele, L N ^a   Canal, C A García ^a   Ponce, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

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EID: 0006846564     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00992-1     Document Type: Article

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