N = 1 dual string pairs and their massless spectra

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 507, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 175-196

  Andreas, Björn ^a   Curio, Gottfried ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calabi Yau spaces; Duality; F theory; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031560452     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00554-3     Document Type: Article

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