Evidence for heterotic - Type I string duality

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 525-540

  Polchinski, Joseph ^a   Witten, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0030580751     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(95)00614-1     Document Type: Article

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