BPS states and supersymmetric index in N = 2 type I string vacua

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 427-444

  Morales, Jose F ^a   Serone, Marco ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BPS; F terms; Index; K3; Orientifolds; Type I

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031571956     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00380-5     Document Type: Article

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