Heterotic m(atrix) theory at generic points in narain moduli space

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 507, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 589-608

  Govindarajan, Suresh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

M theory; Orientifolds; String theory; U duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031574557     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00600-7     Document Type: Article

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