Nonperturbative superpotentials from membrane instantons in heterotic M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 614, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 117-170

  Lima, Eduardo ^a,b   Ovrut, Burt ^a   Park, Jaemo ^a   Reinbacher, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

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04.50.+h; 04.65.+e

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EID: 0013036974     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00404-7     Document Type: Article

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