Stringy cosmic strings and compactifications of F-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 503, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 177-192

  Asano, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effective action; F theory; Stringy cosmic strings; Type IIB theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031566622     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00377-5     Document Type: Article

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