Evidence for F-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 469, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-415

  Vafa, Cumrun ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compactification; Cosmological constant problem; D manifolds; F theory; Type IIB strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030591389     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00172-1     Document Type: Article

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