Type IIA-heterotic duals with maximal supersymmetry

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 459, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 113-124

  Chaudhuri, Shyamoli ^a   Lowe, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030584001     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(95)00589-7     Document Type: Article

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