String unification, universal one-loop corrections and strongly coupled heterotic string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 499, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-28

  Nilles, H P ^a,c   Stieberger, S ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective string action; M theory; String unification; Strong coupling; Threshold corrections; Universal one loop corrections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031577434     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00315-5     Document Type: Article

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