Unification of M- and F-theory Calabi-Yau fourfold vacua

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 498, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 156-174

  Brunner, Ilka ^a   Lynker, Monika ^b   Schimmrigk, Rolf ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duality; F theory; M theory; Phase transitions; Strings; Superpotential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031552829     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)89481-3     Document Type: Article

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