Matrix theory and heterotic strings on tori

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 505, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 84-108

  Hořava, Petr ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterotic strings; Matrix theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031564057     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00509-9     Document Type: Article

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