Heterotic and type I string dynamics from eleven dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 506-524

  Hořava, Petr ^a   Witten, Edward ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0030580754     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(95)00621-4     Document Type: Article

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