SUSY gauge dynamics and singularities of 4d N = 1 string vacua

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 480, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 170-184

  Kachru, Shamit ^a   Seiberg, Nathan ^b   Silverstein, Eva ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030602099     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00525-1     Document Type: Article

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